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frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 01:39 PM Mar 2016

(Neb)-Religious Exemption For Child Welfare Services Advances

http://chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=39171

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A split Health and Human Services Committee has sent to the floor of the Unicameral a bill barring the state from punishing faith-based child placement groups in Nebraska that refuse to work with same-sex foster parents.

The 5-3 vote came after a heated debate among committee members. Two senators stormed out of the room immediately after the vote, and Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha says he intends to mount a filibuster to try to block the measure.

Sponsor Sen. Mark Kolterman of Seward introduced the bill to ensure Nebraska keeps a strong network of child placement agencies, some of which are religious and object to same-sex marriage, but opponents say the sweeping religious exemption would allow discrimination in the state foster care system.


Religious exemption opens the door for discrimination against anything and anyone. It's bullshit.
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(Neb)-Religious Exemption For Child Welfare Services Advances (Original Post) frogmarch Mar 2016 OP
bibles are child abuse training manuals nt msongs Mar 2016 #1
If gay adoption is soooo horrible to these people, why don't they adopt all the children first ck4829 Mar 2016 #2

ck4829

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2. If gay adoption is soooo horrible to these people, why don't they adopt all the children first
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 02:22 PM
Mar 2016

You'd think with names like One Million Moms they would be able to put a dent in the pool of children in the foster care system, right?

Now should these children actually be placed in homes like that? Maybe not.

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