Tennsee gay adoptn: Gov. Bill Lee signs anti-LGBT measure

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• TENNSEE ERNOR SIGNS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BILL
• TENNSEE GOV. BILL LEE SIGNS BILL ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL
• I WAS RAISED BY 2 GAY MEN. I STILL THK CHILDREN SERVE TO BE ADOPTED TO A HOME WH A MOTHER AND A FATHER | OPN
• TENNSEE LAWMAKERS OK BILL ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL
• IN FIRST BILL OF THE YEAR, TENNSEE SENATE PASS LEGISLATN ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL

TENNSEE ERNOR SIGNS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BILL

Some fah-based agenci had already not allowed gay upl to adopt. "I actually intify as bisexual, my wife intifi as lbian, one dad is transgenr and the other is a gay man, " she explaed.

TENNSEE GOV. BILL LEE SIGNS BILL ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL

However, she said her agency do not "turn away" gay upl, rather refers them elsewhere. Some expect the law will make an already nfg system harr to adoptn agenci don't typilly advertise whether they will work wh gay clients, which means the prospective parents will need to do their rearch, make phone lls, risk the huiatn of rejectn, and some s travel long distanc to meet wh agenci that are willg to work wh them. Over 21 percent of gay upl are raisg adopted children pared wh 3 percent of straight, and nearly 3 percent of gay upl have foster children pared wh 0.

After all, we all have iends we know and love who are gay and who serve to be treated fairly.

I WAS RAISED BY 2 GAY MEN. I STILL THK CHILDREN SERVE TO BE ADOPTED TO A HOME WH A MOTHER AND A FATHER | OPN

For the first eight years of my life, I was raised by two gay men — my father and his partner.

TENNSEE LAWMAKERS OK BILL ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL

I craved a mother’s love even though I was well-loved by my two gay dads.

IN FIRST BILL OF THE YEAR, TENNSEE SENATE PASS LEGISLATN ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL

I am not sayg that gay upl nnot love and parent children well.