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White House Speaks Out On Virginia's Anti-Gay Adoption Bill

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The White House, in response to a Washington Blade inquiry about anti-gay adoption legislation moving through the Virginia Legislature, said Monday night President Obama believes adoption placement shouldn’t be “based on discriminatory and irrelevant factors.”

“While the president does not weigh in on every single action taken by legislative bodies in our country, he has long believed that we must ensure adoption rights for all couples and individuals based on their interest in offering a loving home, not based on discriminatory and irrelevant factors,” said Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson. “He recognizes that adoptive families come in many forms, and that we must do all we can to break down barriers to ensure that all qualified caregivers have the ability to serve as adoptive families.”

Legislation is moving through the Republican-controlled Virginia Legislature that would allow private adoption agencies to discriminate in placements conflicting with their religious or moral beliefs, including on the basis of sexual orientation. The Virginia House voted last week 71-28 to pass the bill and the Senate is likely to vote on it in the coming days. Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) is expected to sign the bill should it reach his desk.

Current policy in Virginia prevents unmarried couples — straight or gay — from adopting. But critics say the new legislation would codify the policy into law.

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Federal legislation pending before Congress known as the Every Child Deserves a Family Act would trump the pending anti-gay bill in Virginia by allowing the U.S government to restrict federal funds from going to states that have laws or practices allowing for discrimination in adoption on the basis of LGBT status...

Asked whether Obama would endorse the federal bill as a means of countering the Virginia measure, Inouye said in the same statement, “While we have not reviewed Congressman [Pete] Stark’s legislation, we share its goals to expand adoption rights and move the dialogue forward on this issue.”

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Reply#1 - Tue Feb 7, 2012 9:27 AM EST
tt16

Virginia is presently run by older, more obsolete(thinking) people. As time takes it's toll, newer, more socially up to date minds will move in and make changes in line with progress and change. Could be as early as next election.

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Reply#2 - Tue Feb 7, 2012 10:14 AM EST
JEFFINVA

God I hope so. This makes me embarrassed to be from Virginia.

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#2.1 - Tue Feb 7, 2012 12:40 PM EST
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