About 80% of states still lack explicit laws or regulations protecting LGBTQ foster or adoptive parents from discrimination, and a growing number of those are passing religious exemption laws to explicitly allow child placement agencies to refuse certain prospective parents, such as LGBTQ parents, for religious reasons. John Freml talks about having his foster daughter taken from his home after her biological relatives objected to her being placed with a same-sex couple. Learn more about anti-LGBTQ discrimination in adoption and foster care or share your own story at www.welcomingallfamilies.org.
