Adoption

This National Foster Care Month, End Religious Exemptions in Adoption and Foster Care!

May 26, 2021 American Atheists Action Alert

May is National Foster Care Month—a time to recognize the importance of families and lift up the voices of youth in foster care. Adoption and foster care programs exist to serve the best interests of vulnerable children, and yet there are 11 states that allow religious child placement agencies to…...

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Appeals Court Sides with Discriminatory Religious Adoption Agency

July 21, 2020 American Atheists Legal

Albany, NY—Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sent a discriminatory Christian adoption agency’s legal case against New York State back to trial court....

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This National Adoption Month, End Religious Exemptions in Adoption and Foster Care!

November 4, 2019 American Atheists Action Alert

November is National Adoption Month—a time to recognize the importance of families and lift up the voices of youth in foster care. ...

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HHS Nominee Elizabeth Darling Must Condemn Religious Discrimination in Foster Care and Adoption

September 11, 2019 American Atheists Statements

Washington, DC—Today, American Atheists announced it will oppose the nomination of Elizabeth Darling as Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unless she pledges to reverse the department’s discriminatory child welfare policies....

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End Religious Exemptions in Foster Care and Adoption! Support the Every Child Deserves a Family Act!

July 25, 2019 American Atheists Action Alert

Adoption and foster care programs exist to serve the best interests of vulnerable children, and yet there are 10 states that allow child placement agencies to discriminate based on their religious beliefs....

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American Atheists Joins 125 National Organizations to Oppose Religious Discrimination in Foster Care and Adoption

July 22, 2019 American Atheists Statements

Cranford, NJ—Today, American Atheists joined 125 national organizations to urge Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to stop considering any proposed regulation that would allow taxpayer-funded foster care and adoption agencies to discriminate in the name of religion....

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Trump Administration Covering up Religious Harm to LGBTQ Adopted and Foster Youth

June 19, 2019 American Atheists Statements

Washington, DC—Today, American Atheists condemned the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate data collection about sexual orientation in our nation’s child welfare system as another example of the president pandering to his religious base at the expense of vulnerable people....

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End Religious Exemptions in Adoption and Foster Care! Support the Every Child Deserves a Family Act!

June 14, 2019 American Atheists Action Alert

Adoption and foster care programs exist to serve the best interests of vulnerable children, and yet there are 10 states that allow child placement agencies to discriminate. The Every Child Deserves a Family Act (S.1791/H.R. 3114), which was recently reintroduced in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, would fix…...

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