{"id":26623,"date":"2019-11-02T06:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T10:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26623"},"modified":"2019-11-02T06:43:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T10:43:08","slug":"trump-to-allow-adoption-agencies-to-refuse-placement-in-lgbt-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/11\/trump-to-allow-adoption-agencies-to-refuse-placement-in-lgbt-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to allow adoption agencies to refuse placement in LGBT homes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_1135-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_1135-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_1135-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_1135-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Proud Parenting Family Gallery (opens in a new tab)\">Proud Parenting Family Gallery<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposed regulation that will allow taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to refuse placement to LGBT families over religious objections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Health &amp; Human Services went public with the regulation, which will undo an Obama-era policy prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation among federal grantees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Julie Kruse, director of federal policy at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Family Equality Council (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyequality.org\" target=\"_blank\">Family Equality Council<\/a>, said in a statement the policy was \u201coutrageous,\u201d especially at the start of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/topics\/adoption\/nam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"National Adoption Month (opens in a new tab)\">National Adoption Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe American public overwhelmingly opposes allowing taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care agencies to turn away qualified parents simply because they are in a same-sex relationship,\u201d Kruse said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>White House Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere denied the proposed rule was in violation of Trump\u2019s promise to protect LGBT people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe President is in no way undermining his promise or preventing LGBT people from adopting. LGBT people can still adopt and that will not change. The Administration is rolling back an Obama-era rule that was proposed in the 12\u2019o clock hour of the last administration that jeopardizes the ability of faith-based providers to continue serving their communities. 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