The Republican told The Associated Press that the legislation codifies an existing practice within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, which relies on private agencies to help find temporary or permanent homes for 13,000 children in foster care at any given time.
"Our goal is to get the maximum number of kids adopted by loving families regardless of the loving family's background, whether they're straight or gay," Snyder said in a phone interview.
Only two other states, Virginia and North Dakota, have laws that are explicit in allowing private adoption agencies to turn away prospective parents for religious reasons.
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It's only government sanctioned if they receive government funding. I would certainly hope a private (for profit!) adoption agency doesn't receive a dime from our tax dollars.
All this will do, is open up a niche for "gay friendly" adoption agencies.
Who says this is a Gay issue? There are laws that entitle Gays the same religious freedoms we all get. Activism uses every situation to cry victim and even change the conversation into anti religious bigotry of their own.
Business owners should be allowed to turn down customers if they want to. It is after all, their business.
Wait until they turn away a mixed race couple.
11:23 and other businesses should not be allowed to sell their products to Wal Mart for half the price Mom and Pop get. Volume and competition are not good excuses when it comes to the destruction of infrastructure and jobs. Mom and Pop are needed too and should not be depended upon to make-up for revenue goals Wal Mart's demands figure into.
Oh sure. Fight to make abortion illegal and then make it harder to adopt.
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