A Christian couple in Vermont said the state threatened to terminate their foster care license due to their stance on gender ideology and “gender-affirming care.”
Melinda Antonucci, 44, and Casey Mathieu, 42, told Fox News Digital that they were forced to participate in LGBTQ training as part of the application process. These trainings discussed medical treatments for children suffering from gender dysphoria:
They secured their license in January and fostered one child on an emergency basis for two weeks in February. Relations with the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) began to strain that month when Antonucci posted to her personal Facebook page a link to a petition advocating for parental rights in the Essex Westford School District.
Antonucci says DCF started questioning the couple’s stance on gender issues a few weeks later and threatened to revoke their…
