Georgia 2017 House Bill 159
Children in foster care: In its last governing act of the night, the Senate voted to send a bill back to committee that would have updated the state’s adoption laws for the first time in a generation. House Bill 159 unanimously passed in the House but was hijacked in a Senate committee with an amendment that would protect private adoption agencies that accept taxpayer-subsidized grants but don’t want to place children with LGBT families. House Speaker David Ralston, Deal and LGBTQ activists condemned the action. An amended version of Senate Bill 130, which included the new adoption rules and helped foster parents find volunteers, was unable to pass through the Senate.
My 2 cents – Shame on the Senate and the agencies. Private agencies with any bias should be prohibited from receiving subsidized grants. Further, possessing such bias leaves me speechless. I long for the day when the needs of children surpass politics.
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