Trump admin to allow adoption agencies to refuse placement in LGBT homes

[swag]

Source: Washington Blade

The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposed regulation that will allow taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to refuse placement into LGBT families over religious objections.

The Department of Health & Human Services went public on Friday with the regulation, which will undo an Obama-era policy prohibiting discrimination discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation among federal grantees.

The proposed regulation, which will have far-reaching implications, was immediately was criticized by LGBT rights supporters.

Julie Kruse, director of federal policy at Family Equality Council, said in a statement the policy was “outrageous,” especially at the start of National Adoption Month.

Read more: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/11/01/trump-admin-to-allow-adoption-agencies-to-refuse-placement-in-lgbt-homes/

[TrogL]

1. Theocracy, anyone?

[IronLionZion]

2. How about homes of a sexual assaulter who pays off porn stars?

The most deeply sinful president we've had in a while panders to the dumbest and fakest evangelical voters. These family values types don't actually value families.

[dbonds]

3. How does he have the authority to do something like this?

This seems to be in the congress domain.

[IronLionZion]

13. How does he walk into teenage girls' dressing rooms?

He doesn't need authority. He just does it because he's an arrogant asshole who breaks the rules and no one has stopped him yet.

[Brainfodder]

4. Did they ask for this power?

It is ridiculous?

What next, all children must wear bright orange wigs?

Still afraid of gay people in 2019... troglodytes!

Meanwhile, climate change....

[MineralMan]

5. What a bigoted POS!

Feh!

[keithbvadu2]

6. The 'Christians' say that children deserve a mommy and daddy, not two of the same.

The 'Christians' say that children deserve a mommy and daddy, not two of the same.

If all Christian straight families would adopt, there would be no children for LGBT homes.

How many children are you and your church members willing to adopt?

[Pendrench]

8. Hi keithbvadu2 - My wife and I are both straight Christians, and we have two adopted children.

That being said, both of us also fully support LGBT couples/individuals who want to adopt.

Just because someone is straight and/or a Christian does not guarantee that they can provide children with the love, safety and support they deserve. And that should be the only consideration - to provide a loving, caring, safe, and supportive home.

It is my belief that as long as a couple (or individual) is able to pass the required background checks and home visits, they should have the same ability and right to adopt that we have.

Wishing you well and peace.

Tim

[keithbvadu2]

10. Glad to hear it! You are one of the few.

Glad to hear it! You are one of the few.

In action and attitude.

[Pendrench]

11. I certainly hope there are more of us...if not, there should be.

Thank you for taking time to reply to my post

Wishing you well and peace.

Tim

[ck4829]

15. And then children age out of foster care while they say we're becoming a deviant culture

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. And that ain't all.

HHS Seeks To Drop LGBT Protections In All Programs
November 1, 2019

Here's the story, from HHS:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 2019 | Contact: HHS Press Office
202-690-6343
[e-mail]

HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Align Grants Regulation with New Legislation, Nondiscrimination Laws, and Supreme Court Decisions

Action follows same-day issuance of a Notice of Nonenforcement of certain regulatory provisions

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Nonenforcement to inform the public that certain regulatory provisions in The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards [( "HHS grants regulation" )] will not be enforced because of serious concerns regarding the prior administration's implementation of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which governs the issuance of certain regulations. HHS is also taking immediate steps to address the issue by publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking to reissue the HHS grants regulation with revisions.

In summary, the proposed rule would:

• Require grantees to comply with applicable nondiscrimination provisions passed by Congress and signed into law.
• Provide that HHS complies with applicable Supreme Court decisions in administering its grant programs.
• Not re-impose the exclusion from allowable costs in grants of penalties due for failing to comply with Individual Mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Trump Administration has already eliminated the penalty associated for failing to comply with the ACA's individual mandate.
• Reissue the other provisions of the 2016 regulation.

In the proposed rule, HHS would repromulgate most of the provisions of the 2016 rulemaking verbatim. HHS would revise two provisions of the 2016 rulemaking to require grantees to comply with applicable nondiscrimination provisions passed by Congress and signed into law, including legislation ensuring the protection of religious liberty, and to provide that HHS complies with all applicable Supreme Court decisions in administering its grant programs.

The proposed rule represents the Trump Administration's strong commitment to the rule of law―the Constitution, federal statutes, and Supreme Court decisions. These require that the federal government not infringe on religious freedom in its operation of HHS grant programs and address the impact of regulatory actions on small entities.

HHS is committed to fully enforcing the civil rights laws passed by Congress. The proposed rule would better align its grants regulations with federal statutes, eliminating regulatory burden, including burden on the free exercise of religion. HHS is affirming that it will comply with all applicable Supreme Court decisions in administering its grants programs.

Read the proposed rule. - PDF

Read the Notice of Nonenforcement. - PDF

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Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other news materials are available at https://www.hhs.gov/news.
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Last revised: November 1, 2019

[kimbutgar]

9. Some of my best students have LGBTQ parents who devote a lot of time to them

They always have their homework, clean clothes and nice lunches everyday.

We can reverse this once MF45 is impeached and pence is also caught up in the dragnet.

[YOHABLO]

12. This is a tip of the hat to the Christian Right, no doubt. Such antiquated minds

they have. Unfortunately for them, organized religion is losing members. Wonder why.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

18. THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS NEITHER.

[YOHABLO]

19. Let me finish that up for you. Neither Christian nor are they Right!

[keithbvadu2]

14. Next is not allowing adoption by those not of the right religion.

Next is not allowing adoption by those not of the right religion.

Many Catholics/Protestants consider the other not true Christians.

Franklin (and Billy) Graham say Mormons are not Christians

According to them, Catholics are not Christians either.

https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/october-2012/can-an-evangelical-christian-vote-for-a-mormon/

"We need something like what Jerry Falwell did in the 1980s. We need a “moral majority”-made up of Christians, Jews, Mormons, Catholics and many others of faith-to come together to take a stand for our religious freedoms and rights."

[Lulu KC]

16. mega groan on so many levels

1. orientation is a problem?
2. the foster/adopt system is overloaded with children needing homes--growing due to DT's policies--so cutting the pool is not smart
3. Just plain stupid and mean

[riversedge]

17. And of course, vile tony Perkins is a happy dude!!.......

....An HHS spokesperson referred the Blade to a news statement summarizing the proposed rule in response to an inquiry on why it’s necessary and its potential negative impact on LGBT people.

Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBT Family Research Council, applauded the Trump administration in a statement for moving forward with the anti-LGBT regulation.

“Thanks to President Trump, charities will be free to care for needy children and operate according to their religious beliefs and the reality that children do best in a home with a married mom and dad,” Perkins said.

An estimated 440,000 children are currently in the foster care system in the United States, and more than 123,000 kids are now available for adoption.

[ck4829]

25. So why are 123,000 kids in adoption, Perkins?

Shouldn't him and his ilk be out there adopting those kids instead of trying to stop gay people from adopting them?

[truthisfreedom]

20. One more thing to be removed in 15 months when

Dems take control.

[ck4829]

24. And work against it now

[riversedge]

21. Trump Admin Rule Change Would Give Federal Funds To Anti-LGBT Adoption Groups

This is so so so wrong.



Trump Admin Rule Change Would Give Federal Funds To Anti-LGBT Adoption Groups

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-admin-rule-change-would-give-federal-funds-to-anti-lgbt-adoption-groups




By Matt Shuham November 2, 2019 5:08 p.m.


A new proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services would undo an Obama-era ban on federal funds being given to groups that discriminate against LGBT people.

Under the Obama rule, sexual orientation and gender identity were considered protected classes, and federal funds were not allowed to flow to organizations — such as foster homes, adoption groups, medical providers and others — who discriminated on those grounds.

Under the Trump administration’s proposed erasure of that rule, an adoption agency that refuses to work with same-sex couples could still receive federal funds.

The rule change would eliminate language instituted during the Obama administration that specified that grant recipients could not discriminate “based on non-merit factors such as age, disability, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation.”.................






WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: (L-R) Newly-adopted son Cardel, 6 smiles at his two adoptive parents, Kelly Vielmo (C) and Jack Montgomery (R) get married by Rev. __________ in Washington, DC on Thursday, July 26, 2012. The same sex couple legally adopted Cardel and his two sisters Ravyn, 2 and Raine, 3 earlier in the day. The children are all siblings from the same mother and have been living with Jack and Kelly for about a year now. They decided to do both events on the same day out of convenience for family members who came to town. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post)

[ck4829]

23. What a vile change

[ck4829]

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