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Fri Nov 13, 2015, 11:01 AM Nov 2015

TYT: Bigot Takes Child Away From Lesbian Couple



A couple in Utah has had their foster child removed from their home because they are lesbians. A judge in the state determined that the child has a much better chance of success with a heterosexual couple. Ana Kasparian (The Point), John Iadarola (Think Tank) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.

Do you think this couple will get their foster child back? Let us know in the comments below.

Read more here: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-utah-judge-lesbians-baby-20151111-story.html

“A Utah juvenile court judge has ordered a baby taken away from a lesbian couple and placed with a heterosexual couple for the child's well-being, and child welfare officials say they are trying to determine whether they can challenge that order.

Judge Scott Johansen's order Tuesday in the central Utah city of Price raised concern at the Utah Division of Child and Family Services, agency spokeswoman Ashley Sumner said Wednesday.

Its attorneys plan to review the decision and determine what options they have to possibly challenge the order.

The ruling came during a routine hearing for April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce. They are part of a group of same-sex married couples who were allowed to become foster parents in Utah after last summer's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made gay marriage legal across the country, Sumner said.”

#0 sez: "Speaking personally, straight or gay, better foster parents than an orphanage."
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