Jessica Bates, an Eastern Oregon mother, was recently refused an injunction by a federal judge that would have allowed her to begin fostering children while the litigation was pending.
Ashley Koch’s put on KGW8 on December 15 outlines this controversial case. Jessica is suing the state of Oregon with the help of the Alliance Defending Freedom law firm for mandating foster children to accept and support LGBTQ+ ideas.
Jessica’s lawsuit centers on her experiences with discrimination due to her Christian faith and her denial of First Amendment rights when it comes to being instructed on how to use pronouns.
When asked about promoting sexual and gender identity in the children entrusted in her care in her application to become a foster parent for two children under the age of nine, Jessica responded,
“I can not support such behavior in a child. I have no difficulty loving and accepting them for who they are, but I would not promote this conduct in them. I think that God gives us our gender/sex and that we do not get to select it.”
Jessica was rejected the role of foster parent due to her Christian beliefs.
The single mother and widow of five has now been refused the injunction heard in court in August in the ongoing dispute. The ruling was issued by U.S. District Judge Adrienne Nelson in November, and Jessica’s lawyers filed an appeal on December 13.
Jessica Bates is a single mother of five children who resides in Malheur County; her spouse died a few years ago. She attends church on a regular basis and wants to bring her foster children as well. According to the story, this is what initially concerned her, as the Oregon Department of Human Services has guidelines that forbade forcing a child to participate in religious activities that may not affirm LGBTQ+.
In her own words, Judge Nelson’s decision could be summed up as follows:
The plaintiff, in essence, seeks an accommodation that would allow her to force her ideas on another, despite the fact that she lacks and cannot identify any constitutional right to do so.
Nelson stated unequivocally that she did not believe this was a case of religious prejudice.
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