Couple who wanted to adopt their foster children are banned from doing so because of their ‘anti-gay’ views
by Abe Hawken, Mailonline:
Ed: “Because Christianity denies that the state is the ultimate arbiter of human life, it challenges all attempts – whether Communist, theoratic, ethnic nationalist, or authoritarian – to impose a single authority in state and society. Thus a key driver in the contemporary persecution of Christians is the very association of Christianity with freedom and pluralism.”
Allen Hertzke, Introduction to Christianity and Freedom Vol 2, Contemporary Perspectives (Cambridge, 2016 p 4)
A married couple has been barred from adopting their two young foster children after saying a child needs a ‘mother and father’ – and not gay parents.
The husband and wife, who are both Christians, have been fostering the children for almost one year and started looking after them when they were pre-school age.
But last month, a social worker told the pair that a gay couple wanted to adopt the children, prompting the married duo – who are in their early 40s – to ask if it was a ‘joke’.
And just two days after they were told about the male couple’s desire to become the adoptive parents – the husband and wife applied to adopt the children.
But social services blocked their application and added they would not consider their request as they expressed ‘concerning’ opinions about the gay couple, reports The Sunday Times.
Campaigners said the council’s decision was worrying as it could mean people could be prevented from adopting children after voicing traditional parenting views.
The Christian Legal Centre is supporting the couple, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
Social workers have become the new moral arbiters, by Melanie McDonagh, Spectator
Support couple who believe children need a mother and father – CitizenGo Petition
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