How progressive.
(CNSNews.com) — David Hansell, acting assistant secretary for a children and families agency within the Health and Human Services Department, on Monday touted the Obama administration’s “acceptance and embrace of the LGBT community,” including its efforts to encourage same-sex couples to adopt children. LGBT refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
The “Adopt Us Kids” Web site, described as “a cooperative agreement with the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children & Families, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,” includes resources for same-sex couples who want to adopt. It also posts studies that claim to support the benefits of having children raised by same-sex couples.
“Over the past couple of years, we made a concerted broad-based effort to attract more LBGT families to the site and to make it easier for them to adopt,” Hansell said. “We’ve revised our materials, we work with our partners at the Human Rights Campaign to train ‘Adopt Us Kid’ staff and we’ve hired consultants with LBGT expertise.”