Proposed Virginia Administrative Code section 22 VAC 40-131-170 provides that:

"[Private adoption agencies] shall prohibit acts of discrimination based on . . . sexual orientation, disability or family status to:

1. Delay or deny a child's placement; or
2. Deny an individual the opportunity to apply to become a foster or adoptive parent."

Please delete "sexual orientation" from this Code.  The proposal, as currently written, is unwise and discriminatory.  Do not make Virginia a state that mandates moral/immoral beliefs/religion on everyone.

Thank you.