AUSTIN, Texas — Parents seeking to adopt
children in Texas could soon be rejected by state-funded or private
agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay,
single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal in the
Republican-controlled Legislature.
Five other states have passed similar laws
protecting faith-based adoption organizations that refuse to place
children with gay parents or other households on religious grounds — but
Texas' rule would extend to state-funded agencies. Only South Dakota's
is similarly sweepingly.
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