ALABAMA BILL PROTECTS ADOPTION AGENCIES FROM LGBT PARENTING (Trigger warning)

[Heddi]

http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/alabama-bill-protects-adoption-agencies-from-lgbt-parenting

Pope Francis: "Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother"
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Alabama's legislature is seeking to protect the right of adoption agencies to refuse placing children with same-sex couples.

On Thursday March 16, Alabama's House of Representatives passed HB 24 by a 60–14 vote, which frees state-funded and licensed adoption agencies from having to place children with homosexual couples. The measure would shield such agencies from state aggression in the event they do decline to adopt out children to LGBT parents.

Alabama Rep. Rich Wingo, the bill's sponsor, admitted he proactively introduced the bill because states such as Massachusetts, Illinois, California and the District of Columbia force adoption and foster agencies to place children into homes in violation of their faith. "A number of those faith-based agencies have closed their doors," said Wingo.

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A study by Dr. Paul Sullins of Catholic University of America found that children reared by same-sex parents suffered from the following problems:

18% were depressed
51% of these same people became depressed by age 28
44% were suicidal (three times higher than those raised by straight parents)
93% felt distant from parents growing up
73% of these same people felt distant from their parents as adults
Research by the New Family Structure Study, which surveyed 3,000 adults raised by same-sex couples, revealed these people suffered from the following:

Poor educational attainment
Low levels of happiness, mental and physical health
Impulsive behavior
Depression
Suicidal thoughts
Unemployment
Substance abuse
Criminal activity
Unmarried or infidelity if married
At the "Humanum" conference in 2014, Pope Francis stated, "Children have a right to grow up in a family with a father and a mother capable of creating a suitable environment for the child's development and emotional maturity."



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I would think that GOD would frown upon bullshit polls with scientifically-unfounded results but....

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Why do we tolerate this junk?

We live in a secular democracy, NOT a theocracy. And sorry to hear that some of these "faiths" have closed their doors but if they don't plan on joining the 21st Century and recognize that all kinds of people exist on this planet, that's their own fault.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. We really needed to fill the SC position while Obama was still in office.

Some of this shit needs to be slapped down with prejudice, and that's not likely to happen right now.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. I know

Anybody who voted third party or for Trump (or didn't vote at all) because of whatever quibbles they might have had with Hillary clearly was not looking at the larger picture- and we are all going to suffer because of it.

[trotsky]

9. Because "we" are a minority.

Particularly in certain parts of the country.

[TexasProgresive]

3. Please stop with the all caps titles.

[Heddi]

4. thanks for kicking the thread

take it up with the website, I'm cutting and pasting the article titles. If they are posted as all caps, then they get pasted as all caps.

[shenmue]

5. Church Militant is run by Michael Voris, a total nut

[Heddi]

6. That may be, but they certainly have their finger on the pulse

of the Conservative Christian Theocrats who currently rule our country from the dog catcher to the president. It's frightening and they must not be ignored.

[shenmue]

8. Understood

[Lordquinton]

10. Fringe religious groups

like the Catholic Church.