A U.S. federal judge on Sept. 6 ruled in favor of faith-based adoption provider New Hope Family Services, who argued its First Amendment right to only place children in the homes of families with a married mother and father.
The New York Office of Children and Family Services had threatened to shut down New Hope if the agency didn’t place children in homes with same-sex parents.
New Hope sued, alleging the state violated its First Amendment rights, and U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino agreed.
D’Agostino issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the state from closing New Hope or from forcing it to place children in same-sex homes or the homes of cohabitating couples.
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