Kansas to make it legal for adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples

The Kansas Senate passed a bill at the end of last week that will essentially make it legal for adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples. The bill passed 25-15 after being approved by the House 63-58. It is now waiting to be signed into law by Governor Jess Colyer.

Religious adoption agencies will now be able to claim a religious-based objection as a justifiable reason for not placing children with a couple.

“Catholic Charities and other adoption agencies are key to the fabric of our communities. I look forward to signing this bill because it increases the opportunities for needy children to find loving homes,” said Colyer on Friday.

Senator Steve Fitzgerald told press this law was necessary to stop the “homosexual agenda.”

JoDee Winterhof of the Human Rights Campaign has greatly criticised the bill: “This insidious bill will make it harder for kids to find qualified loving homes and it could be used to discriminate against LGBTQ Kansans. Business leaders, child welfare advocates, faith leaders and ordinary Kansans have all spoken out against this bill because they understand that needless, discriminatory bills only serve to harm Kansans and the reputation of the Sunflower State.”

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