(RNS) — It might seem strange that an Orthodox Jewish rabbi would side with a Christian adoption agency that refused to accommodate a Jewish couple. But I do. Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram, of Knox ...

A federal judge ruled that New York state could not require a Christian family services agency to provide adoption services to unmarried or same-sex couples. New Hope Family Services in Syracuse ...

The horrifying history of adoption fraud in South Korea has spurred Christians to finally care for orphans in their own ...

A Tennessee adoption agency that sued the federal government in December seeking the right to discriminate has used a new state law to deny service to a straight Jewish couple. The law was intended to ...

How much should adoption agencies take the religion of families into account? What if a family’s religious beliefs don’t affirm LGBTQ identities? These questions are central to two religious-liberty ...

New York state’s Office of Children and Family Services will pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by New Hope Family Services after a court ruled that the agency is not subject to closure because ...

A Knoxville couple is suing the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, saying a state-sponsored Christian-based adoption agency refused to help them because they are Jewish. It is the state’s ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A couple is suing Tennessee's Department of Children’s Services, saying a state-sponsored Christian-based adoption agency refused to help them because they are Jewish. It's the ...

A foster agency in Tennessee is suing the Biden administration, saying that its religious freedom is being violated because they don’t want to place children with LGBTQ parents. The Holston United ...

A federal district court Wednesday ruled that New York’s state government cannot shut down a faith-based adoption provider. One day earlier, New Hope Family Services of Syracuse, New York, prevailed ...

Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram are plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming that state funding of a child-placing agency that discriminates based on religion is unconstitutional. By Christine Hauser Last ...