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A win anywhere for the LGBT community is a win everywhere!
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a decision to end a ban that's been in effect since 1995, denying same sex couples the opportunity to become foster parents even after they went through training and background checks. This decision is the result from a lawsuit that was filed back in 2013 by 3 same sex couples, the ACLU of Nebraska, the ACLU LGBT and HIV Project, and the law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell LLP. According to state employees, when they denied these couples, they were just following a 1995 administrative memo that said, "It is my decision that effective immediately, it is the policy of the Department of Social Service that children will not be placed in the homes of persons who identify themselves as homosexuals. This policy also applies to the area of foster home licensure in that, effective immediately, no foster home license shall be issued to persons who identify themselves as homosexual," the memo reads, according to court documents." The memo was removed from the agency website during court procedures in 2015. Also in 2015, a judge ordered the state agency to license gay and lesbians as foster parents, but the state appealed the decision. State officials said they appealed the decision because they wanted to make sure children were placed in the "most family like setting" possible. What the hell does that even mean? There are kids that aren't in foster care and don't even have 1 parent to love and care for them, so why in the hell are we depriving these couples that want to be parents the opportunity? If a couple comes together and wants to love, nurture, and raise a child who cares if it's 2 men, 2 women, 2 trans people, who cares?? Hopefully, more of these couples will be able to foster these children and provide them with the love and care that they deserve! Fun facts:
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