Federal Judge Rules Catholic Adoption Agency Can Refuse LGBT Parents

Federal Judge Rules Catholic Adoption Agency Can Refuse LGBT Parents
Attorney General Dana Nessel. Office of the Attorney General of Michigan
Matthew Vadum
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In a victory for religious freedom, a federal judge in Michigan ruled a Catholic adoption agency that contracts with the state will be allowed to refuse to handle adoption requests that would place children with LGBTQ couples.

The judge pointedly noted that in opposing the agency, the state’s attorney general engaged in a “targeted attack” on the agency’s “sincerely held religious belief.”