Friday, District Judge Kathleen Sloan unsealed the 2013 ruling regarding the placement of a child by Kansas Department of Children and Family Services (DCF), and in it dropped a bombshell: the State of Kansas DCF practiced “witch hunt” tactics against LGBT foster homes and potential adoptive parents.
In the release, chronicled by Bryan Lowry at the Wichita Eagle, the Judge makes very clear the standard procedures of the state DCF.
http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article48108120.html
DCF placed “their concerns for the ‘gay/lesbian’ classification above concerns for the child’s best interest, contrary to established law,” wrote Sloan, a District Court judge in Johnson County.
E-mails 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.