The law will guarantee taxpayer funding for agencies that refuse to place a child based on 'religious or moral' beliefs.
The law will guarantee taxpayer funding for agencies that refuse to place a child based on"religious or moral" beliefs.NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday that he’ll sign into law a measure that would assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they exclude LGBT families and others based on religious beliefs.
“We are off to a fine start this session,” state Sen. Steve Dickerson joked while debating against the bill earlier as the lone Republican opposed. Trump’s proposal would rescind an Obama-era rule that prevented foster care agencies from receiving federal funds if they discriminated against families based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
He added, “This will have a direct fiscal impact on the state, not to mention the humanitarian impact and emotional impact on those c hildren who ... will now be in a foster setting for a longer time.” For example, denied applicants couldn’t sue an agency for damages if the religious belief or moral conviction was cited as a reason.“The foster care system is at a critical juncture where it is required by new federal law to reduce the number of children placed in harmful group homes and to expand family home options for children who cannot safely return to their family of origin,” said Currey Cook, counsel and director of Lambda Legal.
Byrd said he told GOP colleagues in an August closed door gathering that he wouldn’t run again, as The Tennessean had reported.
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