In this July 25, 2019, photo, Laura Howard, the top administrator at the Kansas Department for Children and Families, answers questions about the agency's draft guidance for foster parents and child placement agencies in caring for LGBTQ children in foster care, during an interview in Topeka, Kansas. Howard says the agency drafted the guidance in response to questions passed onto the agency from foster parents, but it's drawing criticism from conservatives.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ child welfare agency has drafted guidelines urging foster parents to allow LGBTQ kids in their care to “express themselves as they see themselves,” riling conservatives a little more than a year after the state granted legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that do not place children in LGBTQ homes.for “prudent parenting” in mid-July, six months after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly took office.
The department’s move drives home the difference Kelly’s election last year made on hot-button social issues. Her administration followed eight years of conservative Republican control in a state that still has a GOP-dominated Legislature and a Republican Party with a platform declaring, “We believe God created two genders, male and female.”
State officials said a final version could be ready later this month and won’t be formal policy or regulations, just principles for placement agencies and foster families. As such, they wouldn’t be subject to outside review — though Hawkins and other conservatives are considering legislative hearings.
My friend’s kid identifies as a T Rex. I think it’s badass that dinosaurs aren’t extinct any more.
This is Billy.This should be true everywhere.Gender preference is individual unique to each person.
Maybe we could meet conservatives halfway: The kids can get on Grindr and troll for gay sex while denouncing it in public.
I’m a conservative from Kansas and I’m not riled. Not sure I know anyone that is about this... 🤷♂️
Who cares about ruling conservatives, they are triggered by wedding cakes and chicken sandwiches.
barf
Progress. I love it. LGBTQ
it is NOT normal behavior .
Don’t you have anything better to do?
Insanity is here
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There are no LGBT kids. LGBT is about homosexuality, and children are asexual
God exists
Did they pounce?
They should probably let gay couples and single people foster them as well. But, you know, progressivism isn't really Kansas' thing.
And people wonder why we're falling apart.
Is there any science behind this recommendation?
Because kids don’t need guidance on what is and isn’t socially acceptable. And I thought my generation didn’t say NO enough.
Of course... because the child making the decisions in the household instead of the mature parents is always the best course of action. Maybe you should just feed them ice cream, and candy for every meal? Or, let them drive you to work so they can have the car for the day?
Conservatives, particularly right wing evangelists, need to focus on changing their own ways. Get riled, but everyone has a right to be who they truly are! No one cares about your tantrums.
Yesssss 🥰
I am so thankful for our new Governor, GovLauraKelly!
Why the hell would you be a foster parent if you aren’t willing to accept a child that has been rejected? Disqualifying.
How does that rile conservatives. I'm conservative, a realDonaldTrump supporter. I don't give a flying poo how you or anyone expresses themselves. Don't infringe on my rights, and I won't infringe on yours, pretty simple.
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Sure, affirm their perverse delusions. That'll help. If they say they're a rabbit, feed them carrots.
oh. well do they know the Illinois child welfare agency let 102 kids die in 2 years?
Homosexuals are 'born that way' but you can choose your gender as a kid 🙃
Who exactly are the “conservatives” who are riled? I think you’re exaggerating a very small minority or religious zealots. Not conservatives I know
Those kids need mental help. Not approval to be sick
If you don’t like or agree with a law work to get it removed or changed. Don’t try to ignore or skirt it.
Pro life FTW. They hate those children. Just so long as they’re born, that’s all that matters. Then what? Poor? Their fault. Drug addicted mother + no quality of life? Deal with it. The child being left to the state? Don’t look at me. Horrible people, really.
how many could there be ? dafuq is going on ?
Conservatives are easy to rile. Having a worldview set in 1795 will do that to a person.
Anything that isn't god, guns, or GOP riles conservative.
Is there anything that doesn’t rile conservatives?
Good for Kansas. This is why elections matter.
Hey.... good for them. If it pisses off conservatives all the better
We get it, Conservatives are horrible people
Ohhhh myyyy Goooooooood....
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