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March 13, 2017

South Dakota Governor Signs Anti-LGBTQ Foster Care & Adoption Bill
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In South Dakota, Governor Dennis Daugaard signed legislation Friday
allowing taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care agencies to cite
religious exemptions to refuse services to LGBTQ people. Critics say the
law also opens the door to discrimination against interracial couples,
single parents and non-Christians. Similar bills are winding their way
through legislatures in Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas and other states.


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