Texas AG Sues Feds Over LGBTQ Foster Care Rules

The Texas Tribune reports:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the federal government over its requirement that states provide LGBTQ+ affirming placement for foster care youth. “The Biden Administration is attempting to hold the Texas foster care system hostage to force unscientific, fringe beliefs about gender upon the entire country,” Paxton said in the lawsuit.

Under the federal rule, Texas must ensure there is designated placement available for all LGBTQ+ children in foster care. It requires foster care providers to give “substantial weight to the child’s expressed concerns or requests when determining the child’s best interest.”

While the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which oversees the foster care system, does not track such data, some advocates estimate about 30% of foster children identify as LGBTQ+.

Read the full article. As I often remind the haters, almost all of the children in the foster care and adoption system are there due to abuse and abandonment by the heterosexual parents.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the federal government over its requirement that states provide LGBTQ+ affirming placement for foster care youth. https://t.co/Al87Q9y6L7

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 26, 2024