Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the Biden administration on Dec. 12 to ensure the state can continue working with faith-based organizations to provide adoption and foster care services.
Primarily, the lawsuit seeks an end to an Obama-era Health and Human Services Department (HHS) rule, known as the SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Rule, which prohibits the recipients of federal funding for adoption and foster care services from discriminating based on gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status.
The SOGI Rule, the lawsuit contends, requires religious organizations to compromise their First Amendment rights in order to qualify for federal funding….