{"id":5110,"date":"2019-04-16T18:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T18:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/irwin\/?p=5110"},"modified":"2019-04-16T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T18:30:57","slug":"senate-dems-introduce-legislation-to-expand-adoption-rights-to-lgbt-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/irwin\/2019\/04\/16\/senate-dems-introduce-legislation-to-expand-adoption-rights-to-lgbt-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Dems introduce legislation to expand adoption rights to LGBT families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LANSING \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;<strong>Jeremy Moss<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Southfield), Senate Minority Leader&nbsp;<strong>Jim Ananich<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Flint), and Sens.&nbsp;<strong>Jeff Irwin<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Ann Arbor) and&nbsp;<strong>Dayna Polehanki<\/strong>&nbsp;(D-Livonia) have introduced legislation to expand adoption rights to all LGBT couples in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLGBT Michiganders encounter enough discrimination, and shouldn\u2019t face additional rejection, humiliation and disappointment when seeking to adopt Michigan\u2019s most vulnerable children,\u201d Sen. Moss said. \u201cWe must strike the provisions in state law that say these children are better off as orphans than in loving households.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Bills 272-275 would prevent adoption agencies from discriminating based on sexual orientation. This legislation would expand on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2019\/03\/22\/nessel-settlement-bans-agencies-barring-same-sex-adoptions\/3245275002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Attorney General Dana Nessel\u2019s recent court settlement to ban state-contracted agencies from barring LGBT adoptions<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere should be no discriminatory litmus test for what a happy, healthy family can look like in our state,\u201d Sen. Ananich said. \u201cIf our bills help just one more child find their forever family and a loving home, we will have succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation would:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Allow a same-sex partner to adopt their partner\u2019s biological or adoptive child (SB 275, Irwin);<\/li><li>Ensure that child placement agencies cannot discriminate against same-sex couples based on religious beliefs (SB 272, Moss); and,<\/li><li>Allow state and local governments to hold adoption agencies accountable if they engage in discriminatory practices (SB 273, Polehanki and SB 274, Ananich).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSecond-parent adoption is necessary in Michigan because children should have a right to secure legal relationships to both parents when it comes to custody, financial support, hospital visitation, school decisions, and more,\u201d Sen. Irwin said. \u201cMichigan\u2019s second-parent adoption ban unfairly discriminates against a specific group of people: Unmarried couples and their children. My bill will help children and families because it will ensure that the best interests of the child \u2014 not discrimination \u2014 is what guides a judge\u2019s decision on adoption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The adoption bills are especially necessary to provide clarity in Michigan law as acceptable, deserving couples face further barriers to raising a family of their own, as evidenced by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2019\/04\/15\/agency-sues-michigan-new-gay-adoption-rules\/3471204002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a recent lawsuit from a D.C.-based firm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery kid in Michigan deserves to grow up in a home where they are cared for and have the opportunity to thrive, period,\u201d Sen. Polehanki said. \u201cSexual orientation has no place or relevance in decisions about whether a couple can provide a good, supportive home for a child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Identical bills were introduced in the House by Reps. Tim Sneller (D-Burton), Jon Hoadley (D-Kalamazoo), Kristy Pagan (D-Canton), and Julie Brixie (D-Meridian Township).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING \u2014 Sen.&nbsp;Jeremy Moss&nbsp;(D-Southfield), Senate Minority Leader&nbsp;Jim Ananich&nbsp;(D-Flint), and Sens.&nbsp;Jeff Irwin&nbsp;(D-Ann Arbor) and&nbsp;Dayna Polehanki&nbsp;(D-Livonia) have introduced legislation to expand adoption rights to all LGBT couples in Michigan. \u201cLGBT Michiganders encounter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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