Post by Guadalupe on Jun 13, 2015 9:19:18 GMT -5
Some common sense happening.
www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2015/06/12/michigan-legislature-protects-adoption-agencies
Michigan legislature protects adoption agencies
Friday, June 12, 2015 | Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com)
Michigan has moved to protect the religious freedom of adoption agencies.
Both houses of the Michigan legislature passed the bill in recent days and Gov. Rick Snyder signed it into law Thursday.
Gary Glenn, a state representative and head of the American Family Association of Michigan, says the law protects faith-based adoption agencies so they can continue to provide adoption referral services to the state and to local governments without violating their religious convictions.
Glenn
He explains the purpose to OneNewsNow: "We have many faith-based adoption agencies, such as Lutheran Community Services and Catholic Charities, that as a matter of religious conviction refer children for adoption only by married mothers and fathers because these agencies believe that's what's in the best interest of the child."
Glenn says it prohibits the state from violating constitutional protections for religious freedom, "making sure they don't engage in content discrimination by putting out a request for proposals or contracts to provide adoption referral services and then turning around and telling some subset of adoption referral agencies that they can't contract with the state or local government because of their religious convictions."
That means if the Christian organization believes a child should not be placed with homosexuals or opposite-gender, unmarried couples, they can reject them. But in that case, they must refer the couple to a state agency that will provide the adoption services.
Friday, June 12, 2015 | Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com)
Michigan has moved to protect the religious freedom of adoption agencies.
Both houses of the Michigan legislature passed the bill in recent days and Gov. Rick Snyder signed it into law Thursday.
Gary Glenn, a state representative and head of the American Family Association of Michigan, says the law protects faith-based adoption agencies so they can continue to provide adoption referral services to the state and to local governments without violating their religious convictions.
Glenn
He explains the purpose to OneNewsNow: "We have many faith-based adoption agencies, such as Lutheran Community Services and Catholic Charities, that as a matter of religious conviction refer children for adoption only by married mothers and fathers because these agencies believe that's what's in the best interest of the child."
Glenn says it prohibits the state from violating constitutional protections for religious freedom, "making sure they don't engage in content discrimination by putting out a request for proposals or contracts to provide adoption referral services and then turning around and telling some subset of adoption referral agencies that they can't contract with the state or local government because of their religious convictions."
That means if the Christian organization believes a child should not be placed with homosexuals or opposite-gender, unmarried couples, they can reject them. But in that case, they must refer the couple to a state agency that will provide the adoption services.
www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2015/06/12/michigan-legislature-protects-adoption-agencies