Lion Heart 15,041 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Being gay, lesbian, or unmarried will no longer disqualify people from adopting kids in Nebraska. The state’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the abolishment of a 22-year-old law prohibiting foster kids from being placed in households inhabited by “persons who identify themselves as homosexuals” or by unmarried people. The policy, enacted in 1995, also blocked LGBTQ individuals or couples from obtaining a license to serve as foster parents, which is required to adopt a child in the state. Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s LGBT and AIDS Project, fought the case alongside the ACLU of Nebraska and law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. “The harm the plaintiffs wish to avoid is not just the possible, ultimate inability to foster state wards,” Judge John Wright wrote in the unanimous opinion. “It is the discriminatory stigma and unequal treatment that homosexual foster applicants and licensees must suffer if they wish to participate in the foster care system.” Nebraska’s Supreme Court was upholding a lower court’s decision to strike down the law. Wright wrote that barring couples from becoming foster parents on the basis of their sexual orientation was “legally indistinguishable from a sign reading ‘Whites Only’ on the hiring-office door.” https://news.vice.com/story/gay-and-lesbian-couples-can-foster-and-adopt-kids-says-nebraska-supreme-court ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Economy 53,160 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I wasnt even aware this debate was happening in nebraska Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieGagz 4,300 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Not accepting gay people for adopting children is so WTF? I've read that since being gay wasn't that unacceptable anymore, the number of children adopted per year got a lot higher ♡Gaga♡TØP♡Nightwish♡Lana♡Lorde♡Grimes♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfSpain 10,010 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 30 minutes ago, Lion Heart said: The state’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the abolishment of a 22-year-old law prohibiting foster kids from being placed in households inhabited by “persons who identify themselves as homosexuals” or by unmarried people. The policy, enacted in 1995, also blocked LGBTQ individuals or couples from obtaining a license to serve as foster parents, which is required to adopt a child in the state. In 1995????????? Are we talking about the USA or Zimbabwe? http://gagadaily.com/forums/topic/227246-ceremony-gagas-videography-megarate/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letmelivemylife 8,715 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Thank god because I can't afford to take anymore kids in hahahahaha . Just kidding I love all my "babies" bio or not. Not everyone in my circle of LGBT friends has supportive parents so for the "orphans" I'm mama. This is a tremendous victory for Nebraska. People think adoption is just a matter of picking a child out of a lineup and that's so not the case. There are so many out there who want to adopt and can't. This is a huge step in the right direction I love you monsters. I'd be unfixably broken without you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Economy said: I wasnt even aware this debate was happening in nebraska Many people would be surprised that discrimination in housing, the workplace, and even adoption still exist for LGBTQ people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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