{"id":11228,"date":"2015-04-17T17:31:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T17:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=11228"},"modified":"2015-04-17T17:45:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T17:45:21","slug":"anti-lgbt-adoption-bill-could-leave-thousands-in-foster-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2015\/04\/anti-lgbt-adoption-bill-could-leave-thousands-in-foster-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-LGBT adoption bill in Florida could leave thousands in foster care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];   if (d.getElementById(id)) return;   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;   js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";   fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ppfamily41715.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ppfamily41715.jpg\" alt=\"ppfamily41715\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ppfamily41715.jpg 540w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ppfamily41715-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ppfamily41715-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNational child welfare advocates held a joint press conference to speak out against Florida&#8217;s so-called Indiana-style bill that&#8217;s been moving rapidly through the House that would allow private adoption agencies to turn down applications for adoption based solely on the agencies&#8217; religious beliefs. This would allow the agencies to legally specifically turn down gay couples looking to adopt.<\/p>\n<p>As written, the bill offers up a so-called \u201cconscience protection\u201d via \u201creligious or moral convictions,&#8221; and while it doesn&#8217;t specifically mention same-sex couples, the wording in it means that agencies could turn down families based on martial status, as well as political orientation, religion, and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>Nadine Smith of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eqfl.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Equality Florida<\/strong><\/a> says the bill is worse than the Indiana-style bill it&#8217;s been compared to.  &#8220;It&#8217;s worse than what was proposed in Indiana, in part because it\u2019s tax-payer funded,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It puts the for-profit agency\u2019s needs ahead of the children&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.browardpalmbeach.com\/news\/anti-lgbt-adoption-bill-would-leave-thousands-of-foster-children-in-the-lurch-say-welfare-advocates-6936059\" target=\"_blank\">New Times<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=11228\" data-num-posts=\"10\" data-width=\"500\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National child welfare advocates held a joint press conference to speak out against Florida&#8217;s so-called Indiana-style bill that&#8217;s been moving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45999,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,195],"tags":[10288],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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