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TN House GOP Passes Protections For Anti-LGBTQ Foster Parents As Parental Leave Bill Fails

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The Tennessean reports that Tennessee House Republicans on Monday passed legislation to block the state Department of Children’s Services from excluding potential adoptive or foster parents who hold anti-LGBTQ beliefs for “religious or moral” reasons, which sponsors argued was necessary to grow the pool of foster families in the state.

Read more at The Tennessean

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