{"id":1910198,"date":"2023-04-05T17:57:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T21:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-mother-sues-state-of-oregon-over-denied-adoption-due-to-her-gender-beliefs\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T22:02:09","slug":"christian-mother-sues-state-of-oregon-over-denied-adoption-due-to-her-gender-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-mother-sues-state-of-oregon-over-denied-adoption-due-to-her-gender-beliefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian mother sues state of Oregon over denied adoption due to her gender beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristian-mother-sues-state-of-oregon-over-denied-adoption-due-to-her-gender-beliefs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1910198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jessica Bates is suing Oregon arguing they are discriminating against her religious beliefs. (Photo via Alliance Defending Freedom)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A mother of five from Oregon is suing the state, alleging that her religious convictions on gender and sex prohibited her from adopting two siblings, and that the state&#8217;s actions violated her First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Bates claims she encountered difficulty during the adoption process when she reported that her faith prevented her from supporting the state&#8217;s sexual orientation and gender identity training requirements. Bates also cited her unwillingness to allow children under her care to receive cross-sex hormone injections as a factor in the adoption denial.<\/p>\n<p>The adoption application for Oregon requires prospective parents to \u201crespect, accept and support the sexual orientation, gender identity, [and] gender expression\u201d of the children they hope to adopt, which Bates alleges violates her religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Kiefer, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, argued that Oregon&#8217;s actions represent a prioritisation of \u201cideology and politics over children,\u201d emphasising that the state&#8217;s policy unfairly discriminates against parents with religious convictions.<\/p>\n<p>Bates further alleged that her training with the Resource and Adoptive Family (RAFT) program in Oregon encouraged her to engage in practices which violated her religious beliefs, such as using a child&#8217;s preferred pronouns, attending Gay Pride parades, and allowing children to take risky pharmaceutical interventions such as puberty blockers and hormone shots.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Bates being a single widow who was already caring for five children, her Christian faith motivated her to seek to adopt other young people in need.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI have no problem loving them and accepting them as they are, but I would not encourage them in this behavior. I believe God gives us our gender\/sex, and it\u2019s not something we get to choose,\u201d said Bates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is hoped that Bates will be granted permission to move forward with the adoption process, with advocates calling for a change in state policy to prevent discrimination against parents with religious convictions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Other news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The indictment against former U.S. President Donald Trump has been unsealed, prompting questions about district attorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s argument in the case.<\/li>\n<li>Music lovers in Texas gathered to attend a revival, calling for hope throughout the country.<\/li>\n<li>Former President Trump reassured his supporters that he remains committed to putting America first.<\/li>\n<li>A recent poll has shown that 71% of voters think the country is on the &#8220;wrong track,&#8221; leading analysts to suggest that President Biden is unpopular among many Americans.<\/li>\n<li>Regional Australian mayor threatens legal action against OpenAI for publishing false statements in ChatGPT.<\/li>\n<li>Uber has introduced an electric bike-sharing scheme in Brazil, partnering with Tembici to ensure access for users across the country.<\/li>\n<li>Foxconn, the world&#8217;s largest contract electronics maker, has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.<\/li>\n<li>Italy&#8217;s antitrust authority has announced plans to investigate Meta Platform over concerns that the company has abused its market position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Bates is suing Oregon arguing they are discriminating against her religious beliefs. (Photo via Alliance Defending Freedom) OAN Brooke MalloryUPDATED 2:49 PM \u2013 Wednesday, April 5, 2023 A mother of five from Oregon alleges that her gender-related religious convictions prevented her from adopting two siblings in her state, and she is now suing to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":1910199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[8937,9735,4592,7085,4685,3874,6642,5178],"class_list":["post-1910198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","tag-adoption","tag-beliefs","tag-christian","tag-denied","tag-gender","tag-mother","tag-oregon","tag-sues"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1910198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1910199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1910198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1910198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1910198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}