How Two Families, on Opposite Coasts of America, Are Fighting for the Right To Adopt Children While Following Christian Teaching on Gender and Sexuality

The number of such cases could grow as legal and constitutional limits are tested by both sides in a national dispute.

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How much should adoption agencies take the religion of families into account? What if a family’s religious beliefs don’t affirm LGBTQ identities?

These questions are central to two religious-liberty lawsuits filed on behalf of Christian families who want to adopt children but were denied by state agencies because their religious faiths don’t support gay marriage or transgender identities.

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