Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The note addresses the issue of sexual orientation discrimination in the adoption process, highlighting how religious-based adoption agencies often deny services to LGBTQ+ couples, despite the growing need for foster care placements. It critiques current laws that permit such discrimination and proposes an enhanced version of the Every Child Deserves a Family Act to ensure equal adoption rights while mitigating the impact on states and foster children.
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Constitutional Law | Fourteenth Amendment | Law | Sexuality and the Law
Recommended Citation
Peter Gallucci,
Thou Shall Not Adopt: Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Adoption Process,
23
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
465
(2016).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol23/iss2/5
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