These bills would force taxpayers to subsidize discrimination.

 

HB 5908 & 5909 state that adoption agencies that discriminate may still use state funds and resources to run their agency. The bills broadly state that agencies can deny the placement of a child to parents they have religious or moral objections to, regardless if the adoptive family are good parents. Private adoption agencies may have discretion in who they discriminate against but they should not be rewarded with taxpayer money when they do so.

 

Adoption should be made easier, not more difficult.

 

There are 18,000 children in Michigan needing a safe and healthy home with parents who love and care for them. Now is not the time to limit otherwise qualified parents from adopting. These bills are anti-family because they stop families from forming and deny children a better life.

 

 

They are unnecessary because most agencies already have tremendous discretion.

 

Private adoption agencies do not need this legislation to enable them to follow their moral or religious beliefs. These bills are unnecessary and only serve to attack the gay and lesbian community.  

 

 

These bills allow for discrimination and aim to violate existing state law.

 

Civil rights laws were passed specifically to stop this type of behavior. Recently Michigan legislators introduced

similar bill that would allow doctors and medical professional to deny medical treatment to people they don’t like.

This is totally in violation of the Hippocratic Oath. Current civil rights laws in Michigan prevent discrimination but bills

like HB 5908 & 5909 threaten to dismantle civil rights protections that took a long time to achieve for racial,

religious and sexual minorities.

 

 

These bills will benefit no one while hurting many.

 

No one will benefit from this legislation, however many people will feel attacked, divided, insulted and restricted from wanting to provide for children needing a home.