WA agrees to allow religious families to foster kids in settlement with couple who lost license over refusing to use child's preferred pronouns

Washington state has agreed to a permanent injunction allowing religious families who refuse to promote gender ideology to serve as foster parents. This comes after the state refused to renew a full foster care license for Shane and Jennifer DeGross, a couple who rejected using a child's "preferred pronouns," citing religious objections to socially "transitioning" children. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is representing the DeGrosses, announced the settlement in a press release. "Washington's policy failed to respect religious diversity because it singled out applicants with traditional religious beliefs on the sanctity of the human body," said ADF Senior Counsel Johannes...