Texas House passes bill stopping homosexuals to adopt
Would you permit these men to adopt a child? The Texas House of Representatives has become the latest state legislative body to pass a bill allowing adoption and foster care agencies to prevent homosexuals from adopting children and influencing them with their homosexual lifestyle. Known as the “ Freedom to Serve Children Act ,” Texas House Bill 3859 allows state-funded child welfare agencies in that state to prevent homosexuals being unbalanced family units (all male) on the basis of reason and faith. The legislation, penned by Republican Rep. James Frank, prevents the state from taking “adverse action” against any service provider that acts in accordance with its ,“sincerely held religious beliefs.” The measure passed the House Wednesday afternoon by a vote of 93 to 49 after debate continued long into the night Tuesday. It now faces the state Senate . The act wisely allows adoption and foster care agencies to prevent vulnerable children from being placed in homosexual h