{"id":18359,"date":"2017-06-17T09:34:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T09:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=18359"},"modified":"2017-06-17T09:34:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T09:34:42","slug":"texas-governor-signs-legislation-enabling-taxpayer-funded-adoption-agencies-refuse-lgbt-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/06\/texas-governor-signs-legislation-enabling-taxpayer-funded-adoption-agencies-refuse-lgbt-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas governor signs legislation enabling taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to refuse LGBT families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Texasgay61717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"206\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Texasgay61717.jpg 384w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Texasgay61717-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><br \/>\nTexas <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Greg Abbott<\/a> has signed into law a House bill &#8211; which forbids government agencies or contractors from taking &#8220;adverse action&#8221; against an agency that &#8220;has declined or will decline to provide, facilitate, or refer a person for child welfare services that conflict with, or under circumstances that conflict with, the provider&#8217;s sincerely held religious beliefs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pridesource.com\/article.html?article=81846\" target=\"_blank\">Pride Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many child placement agencies are religious institutions, such as Catholic adoption agencies. Under the new law, these agencies could be free to deny placement to an LGBT family &#8212; or Jewish people, Muslims and single parents &#8212; based on religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GLAAD<\/strong><\/a>, criticized Abbott in a statement for signing the legislation on the basis it will block children from being placed in homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lawmakers used religion as a weapon to pass a bill that not only harms qualified candidates who want to start families, but children,&#8221; Ellis said. &#8220;This law was never about the best interests of Texans or of children, but about forwarding a political agenda to codify the permission to discriminate against LGBTQ Texans into state law. Discrimination has won in Texas, and it saddens me that a child can now be denied the chance to live with a deserving family simply because they are LGBTQ.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Gov. 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