Cuomo says he’ll fight Trump’s anti-LGBTQ foster care rule
“No matter what happens in Washington, New York State is — and will continue to be — a beacon of equality in this country."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that his office would take legal action to block a Trump administration proposal that would allow foster care and adoption agencies to exclude LGBTQ families on religious grounds.
“No matter what happens in Washington, New York State is — and will continue to be — a beacon of equality in this country,” he said in a statement.
The Trump Administration’s proposal would roll back an Obama-era rule prohibiting the Department of Health and Human Services from giving grants to agencies that turn away adoptive parents on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.