The largest Protestant adoption and foster agency in the U.S. announced on Monday that it will open up its services to LGBTQ parents nationwide.
Chris Palusky, the president and chief executive of Bethany Christian Services, informed staff of the evangelical organization that the change would go into effect immediately, according to an email obtained by The New York Times.
The sudden change comes as several cities and states have mandated that adoption agencies accept same-sex parents in order to receive government funding. “We will now offer services with the love and compassion of Jesus to the many types of families who exist in our world today,” Palusky said in the announcement. “We’re taking an ‘all hands on deck’ approach where all