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.
“This action harms America’s foster children, particularly the 123,000 waiting for adoption,” said Denise Brogan-Kator, chief policy officer at Family Equality, an LGBTQ family advocacy group. “Less than half of these children will find their forever families within a year, yet the administration is acting to make even fewer families available.”