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Democrats in the Michigan House have introduced legislation that would modify what they call adoption discrimination laws.
The laws in question allow faith-based agencies to refuse placements with people like same-sex couples or unmarried couples if it goes against the agencies religious beliefs.
The governor signed the bill in to law over the summer.
State Representative Sam Singh of East Lansing calls the law unconstitutional.
He doesn’t think an adoption agency that receives state funding should be allowed to turn away any prospective parents.
One of the proposed changes in the Democrat’s legislation would remove funding for those agencies.
