Bob Unruh ranted in a Jan. 13 WorldNetDaily article:
A Christian couple, Lydia and Heath Marvin, have lost their license to provide foster care to needy children because of the sex ideology imposed on them by the state of Massachusetts.
The story of the Marvins’ situation has been documented by the Christian Institute in the United Kingdom.
The state has described the couple as “uniquely dedicated” parents who previously have provided care for eight toddlers under the age of 4, including some with serious medical needs.
However, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families has canceled their license because they were unwilling to subject their Christian faith to the state’s anti-Christian regime that promotes the LGBT faith, including transgenderism.
The state policy demanded they “support, respect, and affirm a foster child’s sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression,” for children at an age when “sexual orientation” would mean nothing.
“We will absolutely love and support and care for any child in our home, but we simply can’t agree to go against our Christian faith in this area,” explained Lydia.
If “sexual orientation” means nothing to toddlers, then their self-proclaimed Christian faith means nothing as well. And despite Unruh’s huffing that the Marvins were “unwilling to subject their Christian faith to the state’s anti-Christian regime that promotes the LGBT faith, including transgenderism,” reality reveals that they refused to sign a non-discrimination policy. Again, if “sexual orientation” means nothing to the toddlers they have fosters, why should they object to a non-discrimination policy?
Unruh continued to rant, while giving a brief part of a sentence to a supporter of the policy:
The case explains the state’s policy forces foster parents to “renounce their beliefs in both speech and practice.”
An official for the LGBT-promoting group called GLAD praised the demands for endorsement of children’s “physical and emotional needs,” but Andrew Gradison, acting assistant secretary for the government’s Administration for Children and Families, commented: “These policies and developments are deeply troubling, clearly contrary to the purpose of child welfare programs, and in direct violation of First Amendment protections.”
Angus Saul, of the Christian Institute, explained, “This policy is a very clear example of state overreach. The state has a duty to protect those children in its care, but here we have an example of a well-regarded couple with an extensive history of positive work with children being screened out because of their religious beliefs.”
Again, Unruh refused to explain why the Marvins must be allowed to hate LGBT people while receiving state money, nor did he explain how, exactly, he has decided that sex is an “ideology.”