Bills Introduced in Tennessee to Allow Adoption Agencies to Refuse Adoptions to LGBT Couples
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Bills Introduced in Tennessee to Allow Adoption Agencies to Refuse Adoptions to LGBT Couples

ByGrant Deltz

This week in Tennessee, lawmakers introduced a set of bills allowing adoption agencies to refuse their services to LGBT couples for religious purposes. Oklahoma and Kansas each passed similar legislation last year. A bill filed by state Sen. Joey Hensley (R) and Rep. John Ragan (R), would allow adoption agencies in Tennessee to deny services…

Lesbian Mother’s Case Could Be A Game Changer For Same-Sex Adoption Rights

ByGuest Post

Casey Harper  A mother denied access to her adopted child by Alabama’s Supreme Court appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in a case that could have big implications for same-sex adoption rights. The case centered around a lesbian couple who shared custody of three children but eventually split up. One of them gave birth to the…