TEXAS MULLS NEW ADOPTION RESTRICTIONS

austin, texas » Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by state-funded or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Five other states have passed similar laws protecting faith-based adoption organizations that refuse to place children with gay parents or other households on religious grounds— but Texas’ rule would extend to statefunded agencies.

The bill had been scheduled for debate and approval Saturday in the state House, but lawmakers bogged down with other matters.

Republican sponsors of Texas’ bill say it is designed to support the religious freedom of adoption agencies and foster care providers. year. The bank said last fall that its employees opened up 2 million bank accounts without customer approval to meet sales goals.

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farmington hills, mich. » A lawyer says Michigan’s child welfare agency is moving to terminate parental rights in at least two Detroit-area families in an investigation of female genital mutilation.

Margaret Raben said Saturday that the parents have been told to report to Oakland County court in a few days. The children haven’t been removed from their homes.

The Department of Health and Human Services won’t comment.

Raben says the children are “beautiful, loved and cared for.” The families belong to aMuslim sect called Dawoodi Bohra.