Hollywood Actress Takes Bold Stand, Defends Christians Reportedly Cut from Foster Care Over Biblical Beliefs

Billy Hallowell : Feb 13, 2025
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"This action not only violates our constitutional rights but also jeopardizes the well-being of children in dire need of safe, loving homes. The government is deciding that it's safer for a child to remain in a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation than to live in a home with Christian beliefs? Make it make sense." -Jen Lilley

[Faithwire.com] Actress Jen Lilley is a passionate advocate for adoption and foster care who recently shared her powerful and multifaceted journey with CBN News. (Screengrab image: via CBN News /YouTube)

"The journey for me started as a child," Lilley said. "My parents were kind of what I call unofficial foster parents. My dad was a judge and my mom was a director of a women and children's charity."

Because of these roles, the family couldn't legally foster children, but that preclusion didn't "stop them from having compassion," she said.

"Our home was kind of a rotating door at times for people that maybe just needed help transitioning and bridging in their life," she said. "So, the idea of a child living in my home who wasn't in my immediate family was not scary to me."

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Despite that familiarity due to Lilley's upbringing, she said her husband, Jason Wayne, had a very different experience—and initially found the idea of having strangers live within their home a bit "scary."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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