New York gives Christian group ‘ultimatum’: change gay adoption policy or end placement program

CHRISTIAN EXAMINERSamuel Smith 

The state of New York has given a Syracuse-based Christian adoption agency an ultimatum to either change their adoption policy forbidding placement with same-sex couples or no longer be able to provide adoption services, a new lawsuit details.

New Hope Family Services has filed a federal lawsuit against the acting commissioner of the state’s Office of Children and Family Services on the ground that the nonprofit could be forced to phase out its adoption program if it doesn’t change its policy that only places children in homes with both a mother and a father.  Continue reading…