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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (59961)	4/20/2005 4:13:42 PM
From: jim-thompson	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 81568

Fantastic news down in politically incorrect Texas: The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill banning homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals from being foster parents. ADVERTISEMENT If the bill gains approval from the Texas Senate, the state will be allowed to investigate the backgrounds of current foster parents and remove children living in non-heterosexual households. All future foster parents will be required to disclose their sexual preference on an application form, a legislative aide said. beta.news.yahoo.com The move was denounced by local activists. "More than 43,000 gay and lesbian couples in Texas are forming families and raising children, and this attack on LBGT (lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered) Texans will tear apart our families and remove our children from loving, stable families," the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas said in a statement. "In an already over-burdened foster care system, the effect of reducing the pool of foster parents does nothing to protect Texas children," it added.