Radical Ideological Orthodoxy Trammels Parental Rights, Needs of Children, by Charles J. Russo

Discrimination against Christians continues unabated as for the third time in four years public officials have sought to not allow qualified Christians to serve as foster or adoptive parents because they reject the current orthodoxy on gender ideology.

In the dispute at the heart of this column, despite an acute shortage of caregivers willing and able to be respite or placement resources for children and youth experiencing increased mental, behavioral, and physical health needs, officials forbade a Christian couple in Washington from serving as foster parents. In fact, while 358 children spent 4,570 nights sleeping in hotels, offices, or other temporary accommodations in 2023, officials refused to permit Shane and Jennifer DeGross, parents of two children, to continue to foster youngsters. Yet, between 2013-22 the DeGrosses had fostered four girls: a newborn for three months, two toddlers for about two years each, and a third toddler for two weeks.  ….

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