An Oregon policy requiring prospective parents seeking an adoption to accept the gender identity and sexual orientation of the child was blocked by a federal appeals court Thursday.
In a divided ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with a Christian mother of five who sought to adopt two children but argued the Oregon policy violated her religious beliefs about human sexuality.
The ruling is the latest in ongoing clashes over religious liberty and LGBT rights. Judge Daniel Bress wrote in the majority opinion that the policy doesn’t pass the strict scrutiny legal test under the ...
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