The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ signing Thursday of HB 1669, a bill that ensures families and faith-based adoption and foster care organizations who want to provide loving homes for kids are not pushed out because of their religious or moral beliefs:
“Every child deserves a loving home that can provide them stability and opportunities to grow. Yet other states have put politics over people by excluding caring families and faith-based adoption and foster care organizations from helping children find loving homes. Thankfully, Arkansas has taken the critical step to pass HB 1669, the Keep Kids First Act, which prioritizes the well-being of kids by prohibiting state and local government officials from discriminating against adoption and foster care providers and parents simply because of their religious beliefs and moral convictions. ADF commends Rep. Mary Bentley and Sen. Alan Clark for their leadership and steadfastness, and Gov. Sanders for signing it into law to ensure more families can open their hearts and homes to children in need of a safe and loving environment. We also thank the Arkansas Family Council for its monumental work on this important effort. Now and always, children deserve loving families.”
- Pronunciation guide: Chafuen (CHAFF’-wen)
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