Kansas Legislature Overrides Veto to Protect Foster Families

Arkansas & Kansas Enact Protections for Faith-Based Adoption, Foster Care

Arkansas and Kansas enacted laws this week protecting families and faith-based adoption and foster care organizations, ensuring they aren’t punished for their religious or moral beliefs about human sexuality. Kansas The Kansas Legislature voted Thursday to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the Adoption Conscience Act (H.B. 2311). The bill prohibits the state from adopting, implementing or enforcing any policy “that requires a person to affirm,…

Kansas Legislature Overrides Veto to Protect Foster Families

In a major win for religious freedom and parental rights, the Kansas Legislature has overridden Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of House Bill 2311, a measure designed to protect foster families from being forced to compromise their deeply held religious beliefs to participate in the state’s foster care system. The Republican-controlled legislature delivered a strong rebuke to Gov. Kelly’s veto, with the Kansas House voting 87-38and the Se…

Veto override: Kansas law will guard adoptive parents’ religious liberty - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

The Kansas House and Senate voted successfully to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill that will protect the religious liberty of adoptive parents and foster parents on issues related to gender identity and sexual orientation. House lawmakers voted 87-38 and Senate lawmakers voted 31-9, which exceeds the two-thirds supermajority needed to override a veto. Although the governor is a Democrat, the Republicans hold a supermajority in both cha…

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Bill to Protect Christians’ Right to Adopt Kids

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill into law Monday aimed at shielding Christian families and faith-based organizations from religious discrimination in adoption and foster care processes. The new law will ensure religious freedom while critics argue it could harm vulnerable children. The Keep Kids First Act, officially House Bill 1669, prohibits the state from discriminating against individuals or organizations involved in adopti…