Texas legislature take on gay foster parents
The Spectator Online - Texas legislature take on gay foster parents: "Last month the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill banning gay or bi-sexual couples from becoming foster parents. If it is passed by the Senate, the bill will also allow agencies to take children away from gay and bi-sexual couples who are already foster parents.
The rationale? Well, Republicans, especially Texas Rep. Robert Talton, R-Pasadena – the man who tacked this amendment onto an existing bill – claims that it will protect vulnerable young children who don’t know that it is unnatural and immoral to be gay.
I hate to preach to the choir here in the city of Seattle, but what runs through the minds of Texas legislators?
In their effort to keep a group of people under their collective boot, they are going to screw themselves and their state’s children out of much-needed services. This is not a question about the safety of children. Like all anti-gay legislation, this is about hijacking the name of God and the teachings of the Bible to fit the agenda of ignorant and prejudice people."
The rationale? Well, Republicans, especially Texas Rep. Robert Talton, R-Pasadena – the man who tacked this amendment onto an existing bill – claims that it will protect vulnerable young children who don’t know that it is unnatural and immoral to be gay.
I hate to preach to the choir here in the city of Seattle, but what runs through the minds of Texas legislators?
In their effort to keep a group of people under their collective boot, they are going to screw themselves and their state’s children out of much-needed services. This is not a question about the safety of children. Like all anti-gay legislation, this is about hijacking the name of God and the teachings of the Bible to fit the agenda of ignorant and prejudice people."
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