Foster care agency granted religious exemption

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has granted a faith-based foster care agency in South Carolina an exemption to a regulation barring religious discrimination in federally funded foster care programs. Miracle Hill Ministries serves Christian families. Lynn Johnson, assistant secretary for children and families at HHS …

Miracle Hill Ministries serves Christian families. Lynn Johnson, assistant secretary for children and families at HHS, says the issue is a matter of religious freedom.

“The government should not be in the business of forcing foster care providers to close their doors because of their faith,” Johnson said in a statement.

Civil rights organizations and non-Protestant religious groups are preparing for a court battle to determine whether service providers who receive federal funds can discriminate based on faith. (TAB)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I accept that my given data and my IP address is sent to a server in the USA only for the purpose of spam prevention through the Akismet program.More information on Akismet and GDPR.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.