Letter: Faith, Child Welfare, Civil Rights Leaders United in Opposition to Federal Adoption Discrimination WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 211 religious, child welfare, civil rights, and other organizations wrote House and Senate appropriators to voice strong opposition to the Aderholt Amendment to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill. The groups urged Congress to reject the provision which would harm children in the child welfare system and authorize taxpayer-funded discrimination. Signatories include Family Equality Council, Child Welfare League of America, National Association of County [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Legislation recently, and quietly, passed in South Carolina allows adoption agencies to reject prospective parents based on religious or moral beliefs. LGBTQ and equality groups confirmed to NBC Charlotte they are assembling legal teams to file a discrimination lawsuit against the state. Others argued the proviso is a win for religious freedom. Parents Are Hiring 'Fortnite' Tutors for Their Children Clamp and his husband Taylor adopted their son Walker last year. “He’s so amazing; he’s brought [...]

House Republicans led by Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) have introduced a new bill to ban embassies from flying the rainbow flag. A bill introduced in the House Foreign Affairs Committee would “prohibit the flying of any flag other than the United States flag over United States diplomatic and consular posts, and for other purposes.” While the bill bans embassies from flying any flag besides the American flag, embassies have flown the rainbow flag on numerous occasions to support LGBTQ [...]

The House appropriations committee added the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which would allow discrimination in foster care and adoption services based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, marital status and more, to the Labor and Health and Human Services appropriations bill today.  The bill would reduce child welfare funding to states that do not allow such discrimination.  The committee vote to add the language was 29-23, largely along party lines, with Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA) crossing party lines to [...]