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Single Mother Files Lawsuit After State
Allegedly Denies Adoption Due To Her Christian Beliefs

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Posted By: Beardo, 4/3/2023 8:01:04 PM

A single mother of five filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services Monday for allegedly denying her adoption application due to her religious beliefs, according to a press release from Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Jessica Bates, a single mother of five, who also lost her husband in a car crash six years prior, attempted to apply with the department to adopt children in 2022, according to the press release. Bates’ application was allegedly denied because her Christian beliefs would not allow her to “respect, accept, and support … the sexual orientation, gender identity, [and] gender expression” of the children in her care as the department’s adoption regulations require,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: HerbVA 4/3/2023 8:19:54 PM (No. 1440319)
Lovely. Maybe the kids can be adopted by toe-dancing groomers.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: sunshinehorses 4/3/2023 8:23:15 PM (No. 1440320)
States will find most any reason to deny adoption. Years ago hubby and I wanted to adopt a sibling group in Iowa and were denied because 25 years prior when we were young and stupid we both had DUIs. Both of us didn't have so much as a traffic ticket in the next 25 years, but because we had a 6 pack of beer in the fridge that had been there for months, we were denied. Prior to that in AZ we had tried but the state was on a kick of putting children with the same race parents (black with black, Hispanic with Hispanic, etc) and we were told that because we were white, we couldn't adopt as we wouldn't "understand" the kids, even though most were mixed race and part white. To us kids were kids.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 4/3/2023 9:04:07 PM (No. 1440357)
Christian beliefs should be 'extra credit'.
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