There are so many problems with the grossly
misnamed Equality Act (HR 5/S. 788) that it is impossible to cover them all in
a single email. One of the most offensive problems is how this
legislation, which we call the InEquality
Act, treats the policies of Christian and other faith-based adoption agencies
that operate according to the tenets of their faith.
Essentially, this proposed law makes all
religious adoption agencies illegal unless they abandon their religious beliefs
and operate as an agency of popular LGBT culture.
One of the stated reasons for the existence of
the InEquality
Act, which has already passed the House of Representatives and is picking up
momentum in the US Senate, is to overcome so-called discrimination against gay
and lesbian couples when it comes to the adoption of children. This premise is
offensive on multiple levels.
First of all, let's be crystal clear: There is
no right for any couple, LGBT or otherwise, to have children. Children are not property, they are not to be "possessed." It is wrong and highly
offensive to assert, as LGBT extremists and their allies in Congress do that
the alleged "right" to have children should be treated just as the
law treats the right of LGBT couples to own property. Nobody has a
"right" to children. When it comes to children's rights, the rights belong to the children,
not to the adults.I want to make something clear. There is no proposal in Congress supported by the broad faith community to prohibit so-called "gay adoption." Pending federal legislation assumes that states can embrace the ability of gay couples to adopt children if that is the desire of the state. But proposed legislation in Congress, like the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act (HR 897) would allow faith-based adoption and other social service providers to continue to operate according to their faith beliefs. They could, for example, consistent with their faith principles, adopt out children only to opposite-sex married couples who would provide a child the love of both a mother and a father.
Contrast this inclusive approach – which discriminates against nobody to the provisions of the InEquality Act which decree that it is illegal discrimination to exclude LGBT couples from adopting children in every case, including where a birth mother specifically desires her child to be adopted through a faith-based adoption agency.
Secondly, the idea that faith-based adoptions
should be prohibited is profoundly anti-woman. Many women facing the decision
of putting their unborn child up for adoption struggle with intense internal,
emotional conflicts. Oftentimes, these women are experiencing unplanned,
unwanted pregnancies.
Their pregnancies may even be the result of
horrific acts committed against them, such as rape and incest. To their great
credit, these women have heroically rejected aborting their unborn children and
have instead decided to put them up for adoption after they are born.
Incredibly, the InEquality
Act would limit their options, and eliminate the ability of women to select an
adoption agency that shares their faith or religious values.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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