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Adoption Discrimination “Aderholt Amendment” Removed from House Appropriations Bill in Final Vote

Pressure from grassroots activists and opposition from forty Senators led to defeat of “License to Discriminate” provision. September 26, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh SCOTUS Hearings (C-SPAN)

Family Equality Council: Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh Before Confirmation Proceeds

Family Equality Council CEO Rev. Stan J. Sloan issued the following statement in response to reports of more allegations of sexual misconduct committed by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ... September 24, 2018

What’s At Stake- Brett Kavanaugh, LGBTQ Families, and the Supreme Court

Family Equality Council: Senate Must Halt Kavanaugh Confirmation Process; Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Family Equality Council calls on the Senate Judiciary Committee to immediately halt the Supreme Court confirmation process for President Trump’s nominee September 16, 2018

Alabama Family: What’s At Stake for LGBTQ Families as Kavanaugh Supreme Court Hearings Begin

11-year-old: “I deserve a Supreme Court justice that will not stop the progress that has been made toward legal equality for families like my own.” September 4, 2018

Family Equality Council Condemns Decision to Hold Hearings on Kavanaugh Nomination Before Records Are Released

"The rushed hearing timeline announced by Chairman Grassley allows no time for the National Archives to review and release the records of this nominee’s body of writings, and deprives the Senate and the American people of the opportunity to fully understand the impact that this nominee would have on American life for generations. This is a shameful, highly partisan approach and we condemn it." August 10, 2018

Family Equality Council Joins LGBTQ Community in Asking Senate to Reject Kavanaugh

This week Family Equality Council joined with Lambda Legal and 61 other national LGBTQ organizations in a letter urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court left by Justice Kennedy’s retirement. August 1, 2018

Letter: Faith, Child Welfare, Civil Rights Leaders United in Opposition to Federal Adoption Discrimination

“The Aderholt amendment would harm all foster youth waiting to be placed with loving families, state child welfare systems across the country which stand to lose $1 billion in federal funding because of their nondiscrimination policies, and LGBTQ foster youth who need supportive care.” July 26, 2018

Press Releases

Adoption Discrimination “Aderholt Amendment” Removed from House Appropriations Bill in Final Vote

Family Equality Council: Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh Before Confirmation Proceeds

Family Equality Council: Senate Must Halt Kavanaugh Confirmation Process; Investigate Sexual Assault Allegations

Alabama Family: What’s At Stake for LGBTQ Families as Kavanaugh Supreme Court Hearings Begin

Family Equality Council Condemns Decision to Hold Hearings on Kavanaugh Nomination Before Records Are Released

Family Equality Council Joins LGBTQ Community in Asking Senate to Reject Kavanaugh

Letter: Faith, Child Welfare, Civil Rights Leaders United in Opposition to Federal Adoption Discrimination

Family Equality Council Thanks Senators for Vocal Opposition to Adoption Discrimination

Family Equality Council Condemns License to Discriminate Amendment Adopted in House Appropriations Bill

South Carolina Enacts Child Welfare License to Discriminate Law

Family Equality Council Calls on Senate to Reject Brett Kavanaugh Nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court

Family Equality Council Comment on South Carolina Request to Allow Discrimination in Adoption and Foster Care Services