The Georgia state senate has passed a bill that would allow adoption agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs. The bill would also prohibit the Georgia Department of Human Services from taking “adverse action” against such agencies.
The bill passed 35-19 and will now head to the House for consideration.
Senate Bill 375, called the “Keep Faith in Adoption and Foster Care Act,” was introduced earlier this month by state Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick), who added similar language to an adoption overhaul at the end of last year’s legislative session, causing the bill to stall.
A Senate Judiciary sub-committee met on Feb. 8 to take up the bill, moving to send it on to the full committee, which passed the bill on Feb. 20.
Senators debated the bill for over an hour, and the 2015 Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage was a hot topic throughout, with several senators who support the bill quoting directly from the ruling.
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i think that any couple should be able to adopt a child it dont matter if the couple is same sex or not because me myself i know how this could effect so many couples that i talk to daily its wrong if they do that
Perverts shouldn’t be allowed to “adopt” their newest sex toy.
You’re sick…
It sounds as though you have a very troubled mind. Perhaps your “straight” parents should have taught you better, Gays are not pedophiles. Seems like the only one with child rape on the mind are straight religious homophobes such as yourself.
that is mean and rude it dont matter what kind if parents they have as long as they are loving and caring to the child just because the parents are gay or lesbian dont mean anything i have friends whos parents are gay and married and guess what she is a great person
They are mentally ill and should not be raising children.
You’re a piece of shit
I am incredibly surprised by this, I thought being in 2018 we would be a bit more Progressive. Perhaps if we focused more on the CHILD’S best interests, instead of the interests of the Politicians, a child in need can have a really amazing life with a family.
Yeah, I’m sure getting sodomized is in the child’s best interest.
Buffoon.