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Michigan will no longer fund adoption agencies that discriminate against gays
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel settled a lawsuit Friday in a case where two same sex couples sued the state for a policy allowing adoption and foster care agencies to refuse to work with members of the LGBTQ community.
The settlement requires that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services agree to maintain non-discriminatory provisions in its foster care and adoption agency contracts. The department also agrees to enforce the non-discrimination provisions by terminating contracts with agencies that discriminate against same-sex couples or LGBTQ individuals who would otherwise qualify to become foster or adoptive parents.
In 2015, Republicans in the Michigan Legislature, voting mostly along party lines, passed a controversial bill that allowed adoption and foster care agencies to cite religious convictions when refusing to work with same sex couples who wanted to adopt a child.
Two same-sex couples filed a lawsuit in 2017 challenging the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services contract with taxpayer-funded, state-contracted foster care and adoption agencies that refuse to work with same-sex couples.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/22/nessel-foster-care-adoption-gay-couples/3245101002/
The settlement requires that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services agree to maintain non-discriminatory provisions in its foster care and adoption agency contracts. The department also agrees to enforce the non-discrimination provisions by terminating contracts with agencies that discriminate against same-sex couples or LGBTQ individuals who would otherwise qualify to become foster or adoptive parents.
In 2015, Republicans in the Michigan Legislature, voting mostly along party lines, passed a controversial bill that allowed adoption and foster care agencies to cite religious convictions when refusing to work with same sex couples who wanted to adopt a child.
Two same-sex couples filed a lawsuit in 2017 challenging the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services contract with taxpayer-funded, state-contracted foster care and adoption agencies that refuse to work with same-sex couples.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/22/nessel-foster-care-adoption-gay-couples/3245101002/