In a measure endorsed by the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and
Religious Liberty Commission, Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation allowing Volunteer
State adoption agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex
parents.
The bill was opposed by LGBTQ rights
groups, including the Tennessee Equality Project and the national group
Lambda Legal.
“This bill would give a special license to faith-based child welfare
agencies funded with taxpayers dollars to discriminate in foster care
and adoption against parents who are trying to provide a loving home to
children in need,” Currey Cook, counsel and director for Lambda Legal’s
Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project said.
“This
bill would children in foster care in Tennessee a much-needed family
simply because agencies want to put their beliefs above the best of
interests of the children,” Cook added.
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