Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families has agreed to a permanent injunction that will bar state officials from forcing foster families to embrace gender ...

The settlement comes after a judge ruled the state's requirement that Christian foster parents affirm the gender confusion of ...

Washingtons Department of Children, Youth, and Families has agreed to a permanent injunction preventing state officials from ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Washington state Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) entered a settlement agreement with a ...

Prospective foster parents or providers could not be disqualified because of their "sincerely held moral and religious beliefs" concerning gender identity and sexual orientation, under a bill headed ...

Under Senate File 473, prospective caregivers couldn't be disqualified from fostering or adopting due to their religious or moral beliefs pertaining to gender identity and sexual orientation. This ...

In an important ruling yesterday (in Bates v. Pakseresht), a divided Ninth Circuit panel ruled that Oregon violated the Free Speech and Free Exercise rights of Jessica Bates, “a devout Christian and ...

Faith-based adoption and foster care agencies in the state who make decisions based on their religious views are now free to do so without any threat of lawsuits thanks to a new law signed this week, ...

Future generations will regard with shock and wonder decisions by Democratic states about questions raised by the interaction of transgender ideology, religious freedom, and the First Amendment.

The Green Mountain State will no longer consider if foster-parent applicants’ sincerely held religious beliefs embrace the state’s views about gender identity and sexuality when determining whether to ...