{"id":26269,"date":"2019-04-24T09:56:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T13:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26269"},"modified":"2019-04-24T09:58:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T13:58:26","slug":"major-faith-based-foster-care-adoption-contractor-in-michigan-reverses-policy-will-place-children-with-same-sex-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/04\/major-faith-based-foster-care-adoption-contractor-in-michigan-reverses-policy-will-place-children-with-same-sex-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Major faith-based foster care &#038; adoption contractor in Michigan reverses policy &#038; will place children with same-sex couples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adoption42419-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adoption42419-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adoption42419-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adoption42419-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/adoption42419.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo via Proud Parenting <a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Family Gallery (opens in a new tab)\">Family Gallery<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A major faith-based foster care and adoption contractor for the state of Michigan is reversing its policy and will place children with same-sex couples to comply with a legal settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bethany Christian Services and the state confirmed the change. Bethany Christian Services says while it is &#8220;disappointed&#8221; with how the settlement has been implemented, it will nonetheless reverse its policy so it continues foster care and adoption work for the state.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of February, Bethany Christian Services was responsible for 1,159 \u2014 or more than 8% \u2014 of cases of children under state supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/03\/state-funded-adoption-agencies-in-michigan-cannot-refuse-lgbtq-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's recent settlement (opens in a new tab)\">Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel&#8217;s recent settlement<\/a> prevents faith-based agencies from refusing to put children in LGBT homes for religious reasons. St. Vincent Catholic Charities sued last week to challenge the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/ A major faith-based foster care and adoption contractor for the state of Michigan is reversing its policy and will place children with same-sex couples to comply with a legal settlement.  Bethany Christian Services and the state confirmed the change Monday. Bethany Christian Services says while it is &quot;disappointed&quot; with how the settlement has been implemented, it will nonetheless reverse its policy so it continues foster care and adoption work for the state. As of February, Bethany Christian Services was responsible for 1,159 \u2014 or more than 8% \u2014 of cases of children under state supervision. Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's recent settlement prevents faith-based agencies from refusing to put children in LGBT homes for religious reasons. St. Vincent Catholic Charities sued last week to challenge the deal.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"AP (opens in a new tab)\">AP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major faith-based foster care and adoption contractor for the state of Michigan is reversing its policy and will place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"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":[13,64],"tags":[426],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Major faith-based foster care &amp; adoption contractor in Michigan reverses policy &amp; will place children with same-sex couples - Proud Parenting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/04\/major-faith-based-foster-care-adoption-contractor-in-michigan-reverses-policy-will-place-children-with-same-sex-couples\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major faith-based foster care &amp; 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