adoption

Tennessee court dismisses Jewish couple’s lawsuit alleging religious bias in adoption law

Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram have successfully fostered a teenaged girl despite being turned down for training by a Tennessee adoption agency.

By Jackie Hajdenberg July 6, 2022 10:58 am

A Jewish couple in Tennessee is suing after a Christian adoption agency refused to help them

“I felt like I’d been punched in the gut,” Elizabeth Rutan-Ram said in a news release after a Christian adoption agency refused to help her and her husband with their foster parenting process.

January 20, 2022 1:32 pm

Ideas

I was barred from becoming a foster parent because I am Jewish

A mother tells how she came to foster two children after being rejected by a publicly subsidized program.

February 5, 2019 5:46 pm

Court’s adoption ruling is victory for Israeli same-sex couples

By Marcy Oster December 13, 2018 8:05 am

Israeli government to amend adoption law to give same-sex couples equal rights

September 17, 2017 9:37 am

Israeli ministry drops opposition to adoption by same-sex couples

August 29, 2017 3:09 pm

Thousands rally in Israel for same-sex couples who want to adopt

July 20, 2017 3:02 pm

Israeli government has two months to rethink gay adoption policy, Supreme Court says

July 18, 2017 2:51 pm

Israeli same-sex couples still may not adopt, government says

July 16, 2017 2:33 pm

Texas bill would allow adoption agencies to deny couples based on religion

May 8, 2017 11:53 am

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