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NO to LGBTQ Adoption Discrimination

#AdoptionDiscrimination#FamilyEqualityCouncil #FosterCare #LGBTQ #LGBTQyouth, #LosAngelesLGBTCenter The Family Equality Council has partnered with organizations such as Lambda Legal, PFLAG, and Voice for Adoption to create the Every Child Deserves a Family Campaign. The campaign is over 400 members strong and is working with LGBT and other civil rights organizations as well as businesses to fight this amendment on the state and federal level. “This has actually been floated in other bills, and whenever we’ve heard of it we’ve been able to shut it down. But this one was done very sneakily, very last-minute. So we’re gonna have to continue fighting it now,” Kruse said. Other organizations have recognized the danger of this amendment and seek to inform members of Congress of the extent of discrimination the amendment would allow. “At this point in the appropriations bill process, HRC is working with a coalition of organizations — including child welfare advoc