Charities Can Refuse Adoptions to Same-Sex Couples, Federal Court Rules
New Hope Family Services is a New York-based adoption agency that does not adopt out children to same sex or unmarried couples. Courtesy of New Hope Family Services
Privately run adoption agencies can refuse to adopt children out to same-sex couples, a panel of federal judges has ruled.
The decision was passed down in a case involving efforts by the state of New York to shut down a Christian-based adoption agency for refusing to adopt to assist gay couples.
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.
