An Arkansas bill prohibiting state officials from forcing faith-based adoption and foster care organizations from placing children in homes that go against an agency’s religious or moral beliefs was signed into law by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Sanders, former White House press secretary for President Donald Trump, signed Act 509 last Thursday along with several other bills on various topics. The measure overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the legislature earlier this month.
Also known as House Bill 1669 or the Keep Kids First Act, the new law prohibits the state government from requiring faith-based organizations to “perform, assist, counsel, recommend, consent to, refer, or participate in any placement of a child for foster care or adoption when the proposed placement would violate the private child placement agency’s sincerely held religious or…
