An Idaho couple can now legally look after their own great
granddaughter regardless of their religious views on sexuality. Initially denied by the Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare of the chance to care for the
child as foster parents because of their traditional views on marriage, they
appealed, and a judge ruled in their favor based on clear constitutional
protections of Free Speech, Free Exercise, and Free Assembly. Read the full story from Daily
Wire.
Today, November 4, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear a
similar case regarding foster care called Fulton
v. Philadelphia, a case involving an African American foster mom and her
religious views. The new Regent Robertson Center for Constitutional
Law entered an amicus brief on it, as did Regent Law Professor
Bruce Cameron with the Right to Work foundation. This case has wide-reaching implications for religious freedom within families and for all citizens.
There is a good deal of hope that the High Court may give
religious foster care agencies the right to place children with families of faith who
hold to traditional views on marriage, as the intentional denial of dual gender
parents to a child is not in the best interests of any child.
In the meantime, state foster care agencies could make life very
hard for religious parents. If it can happen in Idaho to biological great
grandparents, it can happen in any state. Children and their families need free speech and religious freedom to work toward family restoration.
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