Virginia measure highlights battle over gays’ adopting

Even church-related agencies couldn’t discriminate
By Cheryl Wetzstein
The Washington Times
Monday, April 4, 2011

A “sleeper measure” that would prevent Virginia child-welfare agencies from considering sexual orientation or religion in their placements has drawn hundreds of complaints — and the attention of an outraged Republican state lawmaker.

The clash is one of a number taking place across the country even as lawmakers on Capitol Hill are preparing a push to make such gay anti-discrimination policies the law of the land.

“Your state government is in the final stages of adopting regulations that would compel state-licensed private and church-run adoption agencies to place children for adoption or foster care with homosexual couples or individuals,” Virginia Delegate Robert G. Marshall said in a newsletter to constituents on his website. the rest

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