Christian children’s home sues Biden administration over rollback of Trump-era religious protections

A Christian children’s home Thursday sued the Biden administration after the Department of Health and Human Services reversed religious-freedom exemptions granted during the Trump administration.

In waivers granted to Texas, South Carolina, and Michigan state governments, as well as to some child welfare agencies in those states, the Trump-era HHS dropped nondiscrimination requirements based on religious objections.

Holston United Methodist Home for Children, located in Greeneville, Tennessee, “operates throughout East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia by caring for abused and neglected children through its residential and foster care services,” a statement from Alliance Defending Freedom, the home’s attorneys stated.

Attorney Matt Bowman, senior counsel at the public interest law firm, said through a spokesman that Holston’s lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, “is the first case we’re aware of brought by a foster care or adoption agency” since the HHS exemption reversal… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)