LGBTQ Parenting
Tamer Mahmoud v. Monifa McKnight
On October 30, 2023, the ACLU and ACLU of Maryland filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit supporting the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in its efforts to ensure that its English curriculum is LGBTQ-inclusive.
Status: Ongoing
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18 LGBTQ Parenting Cases
South Carolina
Nov 2023
![Brandy, Eden, Jenny, and Olivia](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/WEB19-Rogers-Welch-Family-1160x768-600x397.jpg)
Rogers v. Health and Human Services
Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch were turned away by a government-funded foster care agency for failing to meet the agency’s religious criteria which exclude prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.
Status: Closed
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![Brandy, Eden, Jenny, and Olivia](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/WEB19-Rogers-Welch-Family-1160x768-600x397.jpg)
South Carolina
LGBTQ Parenting
Rogers v. Health and Human Services
Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch were turned away by a government-funded foster care agency for failing to meet the agency’s religious criteria which exclude prospective foster parents who are not evangelical Protestant Christian or who are same-sex couples of any faith.
Nov 2023
Status: Closed
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Michigan
Nov 2022
![Dumonts](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/web17-Dumonts-case-600x448.jpg)
Buck v. Gordon
A state-contracted, taxpayer-funded child placing agency sued the State of Michigan claiming a constitutional right to discriminate against prospective foster and adoptive families headed by same-sex couples in violation of State contracts. The ACLU, representing prospective adoptive parents Kristy and Dana Dumont, is seeking to intervene in this lawsuit in support of the State.
Status: Closed (Dismissed)
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![Dumonts](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/web17-Dumonts-case-600x448.jpg)
Michigan
LGBTQ Parenting
Buck v. Gordon
A state-contracted, taxpayer-funded child placing agency sued the State of Michigan claiming a constitutional right to discriminate against prospective foster and adoptive families headed by same-sex couples in violation of State contracts. The ACLU, representing prospective adoptive parents Kristy and Dana Dumont, is seeking to intervene in this lawsuit in support of the State.
Nov 2022
Status: Closed (Dismissed)
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Mar 2022
![Catholic Charities West Michigan v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Catholic Charities West Michigan v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
A second state-contracted, taxpayer-funded child placing agency sued the State of Michigan claiming a constitutional right to discriminate against prospective foster and adoptive families headed by same-sex couples in violation of State contracts. The ACLU, representing prospective adoptive parents Kristy and Dana Dumont, is seeking to intervene in this lawsuit in support of the State.
Status: Closed
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![Catholic Charities West Michigan v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
LGBTQ Parenting
Catholic Charities West Michigan v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
A second state-contracted, taxpayer-funded child placing agency sued the State of Michigan claiming a constitutional right to discriminate against prospective foster and adoptive families headed by same-sex couples in violation of State contracts. The ACLU, representing prospective adoptive parents Kristy and Dana Dumont, is seeking to intervene in this lawsuit in support of the State.
Mar 2022
Status: Closed
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Michigan
Feb 2022
![Erin and Rebecca Busk-Sutton](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/web17-Erin_Rebecca_Busk_Sutton1160x864-600x447.jpg)
Dumont v. Gordon
Attorneys for the ACLU and ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to challenge the state’s practice of permitting state-funded child placement agencies to use religious criteria to turn away lesbian and gay prospective foster and adoptive parents. The legislature passed a law in 2015 with the purpose of codifying that practice.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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![Erin and Rebecca Busk-Sutton](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/web17-Erin_Rebecca_Busk_Sutton1160x864-600x447.jpg)
Michigan
LGBTQ Parenting
Dumont v. Gordon
Attorneys for the ACLU and ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to challenge the state’s practice of permitting state-funded child placement agencies to use religious criteria to turn away lesbian and gay prospective foster and adoptive parents. The legislature passed a law in 2015 with the purpose of codifying that practice.
Feb 2022
Status: Closed (Settled)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
![Paige and Shannon](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-paigeshannon-1160x768-600x397.jpg)
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
On November 4, the Supreme Court heard a case that could allow private agencies that receive taxpayer-funding to provide government services — such as foster care providers, food banks, homeless shelters, and more — to deny services to people who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, or Mormon.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Paige and Shannon](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-paigeshannon-1160x768-600x397.jpg)
U.S. Supreme Court
LGBTQ Parenting
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
On November 4, the Supreme Court heard a case that could allow private agencies that receive taxpayer-funding to provide government services — such as foster care providers, food banks, homeless shelters, and more — to deny services to people who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, or Mormon.
Nov 2021
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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