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On Jessica Bates and the “new orthodoxy”: Can people of faith still adopt?

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Jessica Bates, a widowed mother of five children aged ten to seventeen in Oregon whose husband died six years ago in a car accident unsuccessfully attempted “to adopt siblings from foster care,” both of whom […]

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Wealthy donors pour millions into anti-religious freedom efforts, as Catholic adoption agency ruling looms

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Grant listings from wealthy philanthropies and strategic political donor networks show that millions of dollars continue to pour into advocacy groups and other… […]

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