KY Attorney General Russell Coleman said a new rule requiring LGBTQ youth in foster care receive “safe and appropriate” placements “penalizes” religious providers of those services.
Kentucky Child Services Agency Will Not Sign Contract Allowing Same-Sex Couples to Foster, Adopt
On 5/28/21 at 10:16 AM EDT
One of Kentucky s largest child services agencies is refusing to sign a contract with the state that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation, a decision that is now threatening a 50-year-plus contract with the state.
Sunrise Children s Services has a history dating back to caring for Civil War orphans and has ties to the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Formerly known as Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children, the Baptist Convention consists of nearly 2,400 churches and around 600,000 members. It views homosexuality as a sin, which is behind Sunrise s refusal to sign the contract.