Massachusetts Drops Controversial Gender Ideology Mandate for Licensing Foster Care Parents

Kristine Parks : Dec 18, 2025
Fox News

[FoxNews.com] Massachusetts officials have removed language from foster care licensing rules requiring parents to support and "affirm" the LGBTQIA+ identity of children in their care, after the requirement drew a warning from the Trump administration and a separate religious liberty lawsuit. ... "Massachusetts has told us that this new regulation will no longer exclude Christian and other religious families from foster care because of their commonly held beliefs that boys are boys and girls are girls," Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse said in the Wednesday announcement. ... He added, "This amendment is a step in the right direction, and we commend Massachusetts officials for changing course. But this case will not end until we are positive that Massachusetts is committed to respecting religious persons and ideological diversity among foster parents."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Image: via ADF Media)