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[ad_1] <div> 				Lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma passed bills this week chipping away at marriage equality, approving legislation that would allow child-placement agencies to refuse placements based on their religious beliefs — such as discriminating against same-sex couples — without endangering state funding. In Oklahoma, <a href="http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=sb1140&Session=1800">Senate Bill 1140</a> passed both the Senate (33-7) and the House (56-21) on Thursday. Notably, the House <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oklahoma-adoption/oklahoma-passes-adoption-bill-critics-say-is-biased-against-gay-couples-idUSKBN1I5018">held no discussion or debate</a> of the legislation despite Democratic lawmakers “<a href="http://www.newson6.com/story/38110444/controversial-adoption-bill-passes-through-oklahoma-house-senate">literally standing and shouting</a> and refusing to sit down” as the bill was brought up. One Democratic lawmaker was almost removed from the floor for refusing to take his seat. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"> The abomination of process & justice in the OK House of Reps makes me weep for democracy. The priorities of bigotry and hate, under the guise of religious freedom, are truly heartbreaking. I hope this is not the Oklahoma Standard they keep referring to. <a href="https://twitter.com/KOCOBret?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KOCOBret</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a> — Cory Williams (@repcorywilliams) <a href="https://twitter.com/repcorywilliams/status/992161947733897216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2018</a></blockquote> Kansas lawmakers also jumped through a few hoops to keep their bill alive at the last minute. Indeed, though the measure had previous been proposed as <a href="http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/hb2481/">House Bill 2481</a>, its language was substituted into <a href="http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/sb284/">Senate Bill 284</a>, which the House approved Thursday night 63-58. It then had to go back to the Senate for reconciliation, and <a href="http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article210442154.html">the Senate approved it</a> 24-15 at 1:51 Friday morning. Proponents of bills in both states argue that they have nothing to do with discriminating, but are just about protecting religiously affiliated adoption agencies. Kansas Gov. Jeff Coyler (R), who has already promised to sign the measure into law, said in a statement early Friday that the bill “increases the opportunities for needy children to find loving homes.” Oklahoma Senate Majority Floor Leader Greg Treat likewise insisted the legislation in his state is necessary “to keep churches and faith-based organizations from being discriminated against.” Some proponents were a bit more honest about the bills’ intentions. Kansas State Sen. Steve Fitzgerald (R), for instance, said the state’s legislation was important for protecting civilization from declining because of the gay agenda. “‘There is no homosexual agenda.’ I was told that…and now we find out there is an agenda,” he said. “And what was once tolerated is now becoming dominant and is intolerant. Totally intolerant.” The Catholic Conferences in both states warned that without the bills’ passage, they would be forced to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/oklahoma-advances-adoption-bill-could-discriminate-against-gay-couples-n870186">stop offering adoption services altogether</a>. Conservative advocates in both states also indicated that other agencies considering offering child placement services have been holding out over fears they wouldn’t be able to discriminate against same-sex couples. The reality is that in both cases, these religious organizations are holding children hostage and asking for the right to discriminate as their ransom. Children who need homes are better off if there are more families available to place them with, whether that’s with same-sex couples, non-Christian families, single parents, or any other family singled out for discrimination. It does nothing to benefit those children for the state to fund agencies that are ruling out placement opportunities for such arbitrary reasons. Moreover, <a href="https://www.hrc.org/blog/kansas-legislature-sends-anti-lgbtq-child-welfare-bill-SB284-to-governor">as the Human Rights Campaign points out</a>, LGBTQ youth <a href="https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/HRC_Youth_Foster_Care-issue_brief_FINAL.pdf#__utma=149406063.1126167187.1421418775.1431975332.1432042325.411&__utmb=149406063.76.9.1432051638172&__utmc=149406063&__utmx=-&__utmz=149406063.1431971529.409.97.utmcsr=google%7Cutmccn=(organic)%7Cutmcmd=organic%7Cutmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=262971020">are over-represented</a> in the foster care system, thanks in large part to family rejection. By entrusting openly anti-LGBTQ organizations with finding families for them, it makes it all the more likely that they’ll only face more rejection. Catholic Charities has shut down adoption services elsewhere — such as Massachusetts, Illinois, and the District of Columbia — to avoid serving same-sex couples. There’s been no evidence that the closures had any impact on those locations’ abilities to continue placing children with families. The only change was that taxpayers were no longer subsidizing discrimination in the process.	 <div class="promo amp-wp-article-promo"> <figure class="post__figure post__figure--format-full"><div class="post__thumbnail"> 							<a href="https://thinkprogress.org/membership/?c=cr042018-4-00-wp"> 					<picture id="picture-1049373" class="size-full " data-id="1049373""><source srcset="https://i2.wp.com/thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=1051&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C1454px&ssl=1" media="(min-width: 1280px)"/><source srcset="https://i2.wp.com/thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=1051&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C1454px&ssl=1" media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1280px)"/><source srcset="https://i2.wp.com/thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=1024&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C1417px&ssl=1" media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px)"/><source srcset="https://i2.wp.com/thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=1024&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C1417px&ssl=1" media="(min-width: 512px) and (max-width: 1024px)"/><source srcset="https://i2.wp.com/thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=768&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C1062px&ssl=1" media="(min-width: 512px) and (max-width: 768px)"/><source srcset="https://i2.wp.com/thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=512&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C708px&ssl=1" media="(max-width: 512px)"/><source srcset="https://i2.wp.com/thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=768&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C1062px&ssl=1" media="(max-width: 768px)"/><source srcset="https://i2.wp.com/thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=1051&crop=0%2C0px%2C100%2C1454px&ssl=1" media="all"/><img alt="" srcset="https://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cr042018_4-00.png?w=1051&h=1454&crop=1"/></picture></a> 					</div> </figure></div> 							</div><script async src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> [ad_2] <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/kansas-oklahoma-adoption-discrimination-8825c7805b77/">Source link </a>

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[ad_1] <div> <div class="dateInfo"> Publish Date:Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:10 PM (IST) </div> </div><div> केनबरा, आइएएनएस।ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने मंगलवार को समलैंगिक विवाह के वैधीकरण पर एक गैर बाध्यकारी डाक सर्वेक्षण शुरू किया गया। इसके लिए देशभर में 16 मिलियन मतपत्र बांटे गए हैं। सामाजिक शोध संगठन फेयरफैक्स/आइपीएसओएस द्वारा किए गए सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार, 70 प्रतिशत नागरिकों ने कहा कि वे वैधीकरण के लिए मतदान करेंगे। ऑस्ट्रेलियाई सांख्यिकी ब्यूरो ने घरों को वोटिंग फॉर्म बांटना शुरू किया, यह प्रक्रिया 25 सितंबर तक समाप्त होने वाली है। इस महीने की शुरुआत में, उच्च न्यायालय ने डाक सर्वेक्षण को रोकने की एक अपील खारिज कर दी, जिसमें इस ओपिनियन पोल पर होने वाले खर्च के बारे में ध्‍यान आकर्षित कराया गया था। इस फॉर्म में सवाल किया गया है कि क्‍या समलैंगिक विवाह को मान्‍य बनाने के लिए कानून में बदलाव कर देना चाहिए? जवाब हां या ना में देना है। बताया जा रहा है कि इस फॉर्म के सवालों का जवाब देकर 7 नवंबर तक वापस करना है। 15 नवंबर को इस सर्वेक्षण के परिणाम सामने आ जाएंगे। अगर सवाल का जवाब ज्‍यादातर लोग 'हां' में देते हैं, जिसकी संभावना काफी ज्‍यादा नजर आ रही है, तो सरकार इस दिशा में कानून बनाने की प्रक्रिया शुरू कर सकती है। अगर ज्‍यादातर लोग ना में जवाब देते हैं, तो समलैंगिक विवाह के वैधीकरण सरकार कोई काम नहीं करेगी। हालांकि सर्वेक्षण से पहले संसद ने ऊपरी सदन सीनेट ने पिछले साल एक करोड 50 लाख लोगों की संलिप्तता वाली राष्ट्रीय जनमत संग्रह योजना को अस्वीकार कर दिया था। इसके बाद सरकार ने अगस्त में कहा था कि स्वैच्छिक डाक मतदान किया जाएगा। समलैंगिक विवाह के समर्थकों ने दोनों विकल्पों की कडी निंदा की थी। उनका तर्क था कि राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर मतदान कराना बहुत खर्चीला है और इसके कारण लोग समलैंगिकों एवं उनके परिवार को लेकर घृणा पैदा करने वाली टिप्पिणयां करेंगे। <a href="http://www.jagran.com/punjab/patiala-afghanistan-girl-nilofar-married-to-zahid-of-punjab-as-love-started-from-airort-16696651.html?src=Search-ART-marriage" target="_blank">यह भी पढ़ें: एयरपोर्ट से शुरू हुई थी मोहब्बत, अफगान की नीलोफर ने पंजाब के जाहिद को किया कबूल</a> By Tilak Raj </div><script> window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId : '899262430253154', xfbml : true, version : 'v2.11' }); FB.AppEvents.logPageView(); }; (function(d, s, id){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); </script> [ad_2] <a href="https://www.jagran.com/news/world-australia-begins-samesex-marriage-postal-survey-16696646.html">Source link </a>

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