Michigan bill would let agencies refuse adoption for religious, moral beliefs

[SecularMotion]

A bill before the Michigan legislature would allow adoption agencies to turn away would-be parents based on religious or moral beliefs. A similar bill to allow physicians and hospitals to refuse medical treatment based on religious beliefs or moral objections is being considered, as well.

As USA Today explained, "The bill has been touted as supporting 'religious freedom' of adoption agencies to refuse to assist, counsel, recommend or facilitate an adoption 'that violates its written religious or moral convictions or policies,' according to an analysis of the bill."

Critics, it said, consider the bill "state-sanctioned discrimination."

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865586322/Michigan-bill-would-let-agencies-refuse-adoption-for-religious-moral-beliefs.html

[kestrel91316]

1. What the Deseret News doesn't say is that they fully support this bill, lol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_News

"..... The News is owned by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, a holding company owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)....."

[atreides1]

2. Have to wonder?

What was the Revolutionary War all about...because a government sponsored caste system is slowly falling into place...with a single religion being advocated by those elected?

The voters who put these people in office are nothing more then cowardly, evil, and hateful...with all the humanity one would find in a guard of a death camp...

[gopiscrap]

3. That's fucked up!

Where's the separation of church and state?

[cbayer]

4. Not surprisingly, the vote was postponed.

Apparently they try this stunt every year and fail. I would predict that they will fail again.