| Action | Adopt new standards for licensed private child-placing agencies. |
| Stage | Proposed |
| Comment Period | Ended on 4/1/2011 |
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The addition of clauses requiring non-discrimination for sexual orientation of the religious adoption agencies is overbearing.
DSS does not have the authority to make new law.
Where in the Code of Virginia does DSS get the authority to make new regulations concerning the acceptance or non-acceptance of highly controversial issues surrounding sexual orientation?