Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Lawmakers brace for 'firestorm' over adoption bill backed by Colyer, Catholic Church

Kansas lawmakers will face renewed pressure from Gov. Jeff Colyer’s administration and the Catholic Church to pass new protections for faith-based child placement agencies when they resume their session this week.

The Kansas House last month fell five votes short of passing legislation stating that no child placement agency shall be denied a license or contract “solely because of the agency’s objection to performing, assisting, counseling, recommending, consenting to, referring or otherwise participating in a placement that violates such agency’s sincerely held religious beliefs.”

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