US EditionMassachusetts Drops Controversial Gender Ideology Mandate for Licensing Foster Care Parents
- Massachusetts has amended its foster care licensing policy by removing the requirement for parents to affirm a child's LGBTQIA+ identity, following pressure from federal regulators and a lawsuit by Alliance Defending Freedom .
- The revised policy now mandates foster parents to support a child's individual identity and needs rather than their sexual orientation or gender identity, effective immediately.
- ADF filed the lawsuit on behalf of families whose licenses were revoked for refusing to accept the previous gender identity mandate, arguing it violated their First Amendment rights.
- The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families states that the change will ensure that no religious family will be excluded from fostering because of their beliefs, according to DCF Commissioner Staverne Miller.
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Massachusetts walks back policy requiring foster parents to promote gender ideology
In a win for religious families, Massachusetts has amended a policy that banned foster parents who refuse to promote gender ideology from having children in their… The post Massachusetts walks back policy requiring foster parents to promote gender ideology appeared first on CatholicVote org.
UPDATE: Massachusetts Drops Gender Ideology Rule for Foster Parents
After an ADF lawsuit and a warning from the Trump administration, the state’s Department of Children and Families now says that Bible-adhering Christians won’t have to embrace LGBTQ ideology in order to take in foster children. [UPDATE] Massachusetts officials have amended a foster care licensing regulation that previously excluded some religious families, following a federal […]
Gender identity mandate removed from Massachusetts foster system · American Wire News
Massachusetts officials removed controversial language that required foster parents to “affirm” the LGBTQIA+ identity of children in their care. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative legal group, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the gender identity mandate on First Amendment grounds, Fox News Digital reported. In September, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) sent a letter to Massachusetts’ Department of Children…
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