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South Dakota Governor Signs Anti-LGBTQ Foster Care & Adoption Bill

HeadlineMar 13, 2017

In South Dakota, Governor Dennis Daugaard signed legislation Friday allowing taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care agencies to cite religious exemptions to refuse services to LGBTQ people. Critics say the law also opens the door to discrimination against interracial couples, single parents and non-Christians. Similar bills are winding their way through legislatures in Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas and other states.

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