Last week, the Texas House passed HB 3859, a "religious freedom" bill
that would allow adoption and foster agencies to discriminate against
LGBTQ persons seeking to be parents or foster parents. The bill also
allows foster families and agencies to force children in their care to
conform to the religious beliefs of the foster family or agency, without
regard to the child's own religion. For example, under this law a
Muslim child in foster care could be forced to
attend Christian religious services and prohibited from attending
mosque, or a child who has been a victim of rape can be prohibited from
seeking emergency contraception.
Texas is already doing a terrible job advocating for children in foster
care, and this law makes them just a pawn in the GOP's cultural war.
Call your Texas state senator and tell him/her* to say no to this
discriminatory bill.
Kel Seliger (512) 463-0131 (Odessa and Midland)
Charles Perry (512) 463-0128 (Lubbock)
https://www.equalitytexas.org/statement-on-passage-to-engrossment-of-hb-3859-from-chuck-smith-ceo-of-equality-texas/
