Johnson County Judge: Kansas Agency Conducted ‘Witch Hunt’ Against Lesbian Foster Parents
Johnson County District Judge Kathleen Sloan removed a 16-month-old child from DCF custody after finding the agency had not acted in the child’s best interest when it took him from lesbian foster parents he had lived with since he was 3 days old and recommended that he be placed with a family that initially had declined to adopt him even though it had adopted his half siblings.
The DCF placed “their concerns for the ‘gay/lesbian’ classification above concerns for the child’s best interest, contrary to established law,” Sloan wrote.
Emails from DCF officials cited in the opinion show that agency officials sought to have the women’s foster care license revoked and talked about needing a negative psychological evaluation to support their case.
“In essence, DCF conducted a ‘witch hunt’ and made a concerted, purposeful effort … to obtain negative information … because they are homosexual women in a committed relationship,” Sloan wrote.
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