In the aftermath of the June 2015 U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS)
opinion regarding same-sex ‘marriage,’ yet another state is moving to protect
faith-based organizations that are fearful of being forced out of business.
In Nebraska, there are typically 5,600-children … on an
ongoing basis … who are in need of temporary or permanent placement or adoption
in the child welfare system. Nebraska
Senator Mark Kolterman tells OneNewsNow
there are only 21-organizations that work to serve the needs of these children. “My concern has been that we cannot afford to
lose any one of those organizations, whether they’re faith-based or whether
they’re secular,” says Kolterman.
Kolterman says that since the SCOTUS recognized homosexual
marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges), he’s concerned those agencies may be forced to
adopt a definition of marriage that they oppose. That, he says, presents a problem for
faith-based organizations that don’t want to have to go against their religious
convictions. The lawmaker explained, “And
so rather than be forced to go against their religious beliefs, they’re just
asking for some protection so they can continue to do business in the State of
Nebraska and not be forced out of the business.”
Faith-centered child adoption placement organizations in
Massachusetts and Illinois closed down after the state demanded that they place
children with homosexual couples. Kolterman is sponsoring Legislative Bill 975 –
a measure that would make sure that doesn’t happen in Nebraska.
Rev. Dr.
Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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