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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Multiple bills filed this week in the Tennessee General Assembly would allow adoption agencies to deny services to same-sex couples based on religious objections.. One bill ...

In Tennessee there were 81 licensed child-placing agencies that served 9,600 children in fiscal 2018 -- either through adoptions, foster care, group homes or some other format. Most do not receive ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee lawmakers passed a controversial measure this week that protects religious adoption agencies if they choose to discriminate against same-sex couples. The bill ...

When their plans for the boy fell through, the couple could not find another agency willing to assist them with an out-of-state adoption, Ms. Rutan-Ram said. The couple, who live in Knoxville, are ...

A couple in Tennessee are suing the state government after a religious adoption agency allegedly refused to help them because they were Jewish. The lawsuit, filed by Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan ...

The governor of Tennessee signed a controversial law Friday that allows adoption agencies within the state to refuse to place children in homes that "violate the agency's written religious or ...

The governor of Tennessee is catching heat for signing a bill that allows religious-based adoption agencies the right to deny services to anyone, including LGBTQ families. The measure, which Gov ...

Appellate judges have revived a couple's lawsuit that alleges a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency wouldn't help them because they are Jewish and argues that a Tennessee law protectin.

A 2020 Tennessee law provides legal protections for religious adoption agencies that deny services based on religious or moral beliefs. A Jewish couple denied foster care training by a Christian ...

Multiple bills filed this week in the Tennessee General Assembly would allow adoption agencies to deny services to same-sex couples based on religious objections. One bill, filed by Sen. Joey ...