TOPEKA, Kan. — State lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma have approved legislation to grant legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that cite their religious beliefs for not placing children in LGBT homes. Both Kansas and Oklahoma have GOP-controlled legislatures and governors, but in Kansas, the proposal split Republicans. Backers of the Kansas bill acknowledged that faith-based agencies have been operating in Kansas for decades without issue. They’re going to do something regressive, something discriminatory,” said Kansas state Sen. David Haley, a Kansas City Democrat. “Something like this is not healthy.”The Oklahoma bill cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature over the boisterous objections of Democrats.

Source: National Post May 04, 2018 07:30 UTC