HB24 (2017) - "Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act"
- Status: Signed by governor
- Session: 2017 Regular
- Latest Update: June 5, 2017
This bill allows religious adoption agencies to refuse child placement to families who do not share their religious beliefs. While this will most likely discriminate against same-sex couples, there is a possibility that a religious agency could refuse an interfaith or non-religious couple, single parents, or even a couple with one parent who was previously divorced.
The ACLU of Alabama is interested in talking with people adversely affected by this new law, particularly children who are being denied placement in willing homes because of the law.
2017 Alabama Legislative Report
The 2017 legislative session ended May 19, and to many, it seemed to be among the most contentious of recent years. In addition to the removal of Chief Justice Roy Moore and the resignation of Governor Robert Bentley, there were heated debates over many issues such as the federal court-ordered reapportionment, prison construction, confederate monuments, and a racist joke about monkeys.
By Rebecca Seung-Bickley, Windy Leavell
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