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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed into law a bill to prevent adoptive agencies and foster care providers from discriminating against potential parents on account of their religious beliefs.
The Keep Kids First Act provides religious freedom protections to both prospective parents and faith-based adoption and foster care organizations to prevent either from having to violate their firmly held religious beliefs during the fostering and adoption processes.
The act specifies that the state government may not discriminate against adoptive parents based on “refusal to accept or support any government policy regarding sexual orientation or gender identity that conflicts with the person’s sincerely held religious beliefs” and grants parents the ability to seek legal action against the state for violations.
“Every child deserves a loving home that can provide them stability and opportunities to grow. Yet other states have put politics over people by excluding caring families and faith-based adoption and foster care organizations from helping children find loving homes,” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Senior Counsel Greg Chafuen stated in response to the news.
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The Keep Kids First Act provides religious freedom protections to both prospective parents and faith-based adoption and foster care organizations to prevent either from having to violate their firmly held religious beliefs during the fostering and adoption processes.
The act specifies that the state government may not discriminate against adoptive parents based on “refusal to accept or support any government policy regarding sexual orientation or gender identity that conflicts with the person’s sincerely held religious beliefs” and grants parents the ability to seek legal action against the state for violations.
“Every child deserves a loving home that can provide them stability and opportunities to grow. Yet other states have put politics over people by excluding caring families and faith-based adoption and foster care organizations from helping children find loving homes,” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Senior Counsel Greg Chafuen stated in response to the news.
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Arkansas enacts religious freedom protections for adoptive parents
The Keep Kids First Act provides religious freedom protections to both prospective parents and faith-based adoption and foster care organizations.
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