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9/12/11  3:23 pm
Commenter: Retired Commonwealth of Virginia Employee

Eliminate Discrimination
 

Eliminate discrimination. My children want to have two parents. Current adoption policies prevent official recognition of both their parents. Adoptions should be based on the best interests of the child should be the sole factor in deciding whether a child should be placed with a prospective foster care or adoptive parent or parents;
State-licensed child placing agencies should not be allowed to discriminate against children or prospective parents based on race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, political beliefs, sexual orientation, disability and family status; and the State Board of Social Services should restore to the final rules the protections against such discrimination included in the proposed rules.

 

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