Post by Guadalupe on Mar 10, 2016 9:28:21 GMT -5
There's no reason that Christian agencies should have to close down since there are non-Christian agencies too. Persecuting Christian agencies, businesses and churches is against the Constitution of the United States.
Monday, March 7, 2016 | Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com)
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing same-sex "marriage," yet another state is moving to protect faith-based organizations that are fearful of being forced out of business.
In Nebraska, there are typically 5,600 children pretty much on an ongoing basis who are in need of temporary or permanent placement or adoption in the child welfare system. Nebraska Senator Mark Kolterman tells OneNewsNow there are only 21 organizations that work to serve the needs of the children.
"My concern has been that we cannot afford to lose any one of those organizations, whether they're faith-based or whether they're secular," he shares.
Kolterman says that since the Supreme Court legalized homosexual marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges), he's concerned those agencies may be forced to adopt a definition of marriage that they oppose. That, he says, presents a problem for faith-based organizations that don't want to have to go against their religious beliefs.
"And so rather than be forced to go against their religious beliefs, they're just asking for some protection so they can continue to do business in the State of Nebraska and not be forced out of the business," the lawmaker explains.
Faith-centered child adoption placement organizations in Massachusetts and Illinois closed down after the state demanded that they place children with homosexual couples. Kolterman is sponsoring Legislative Bill 975, a measure that would make sure that doesn't happen in Nebraska.
3-8-2016 - Wording in paragraph 4 clarified to more accurately reflect the intent of Kolterman's legislation.
www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2016/03/07/in-defense-of-faith-based-adoption-agencies
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing same-sex "marriage," yet another state is moving to protect faith-based organizations that are fearful of being forced out of business.
In Nebraska, there are typically 5,600 children pretty much on an ongoing basis who are in need of temporary or permanent placement or adoption in the child welfare system. Nebraska Senator Mark Kolterman tells OneNewsNow there are only 21 organizations that work to serve the needs of the children.
"My concern has been that we cannot afford to lose any one of those organizations, whether they're faith-based or whether they're secular," he shares.
Kolterman says that since the Supreme Court legalized homosexual marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges), he's concerned those agencies may be forced to adopt a definition of marriage that they oppose. That, he says, presents a problem for faith-based organizations that don't want to have to go against their religious beliefs.
"And so rather than be forced to go against their religious beliefs, they're just asking for some protection so they can continue to do business in the State of Nebraska and not be forced out of the business," the lawmaker explains.
Faith-centered child adoption placement organizations in Massachusetts and Illinois closed down after the state demanded that they place children with homosexual couples. Kolterman is sponsoring Legislative Bill 975, a measure that would make sure that doesn't happen in Nebraska.
3-8-2016 - Wording in paragraph 4 clarified to more accurately reflect the intent of Kolterman's legislation.
www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2016/03/07/in-defense-of-faith-based-adoption-agencies