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    <title>The Christian Institute - Adoption and Fostering News</title>
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    <description>The latest adoption and fostering news posts from The Christian Institute</description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian charity opens new adoption service in &#039;celebration of faith&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Supporting Christian parents in their faith through the adoption and fostering process is a joy, founders of a Christian charity have said.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian foster parents lose licence over LGBT affirming policy</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-foster-parents-lose-licence-over-lgbt-affirming-policy/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An American Christian couple have lost their fostering licence for not signing an LGBT+ affirming policy.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Late-term abortion survivor reunited with her mother</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/late-term-abortion-survivor-reunited-with-her-mother/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An abortion survivor in the US has described her reunion with her mother who believed she was dead.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Roman Catholic couple in US rejected for fostering on grounds of religious beliefs</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Beliefs in traditional marriage and the reality of biological sex have led to a Roman Catholic couple in America being rejected as suitable foster parents.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;A victory for children&#039;: Christian adoption agency wins second battle against NY state</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/a-victory-for-children-christian-adoption-agency-wins-second-battle-against-ny-state/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A Christian adoption agency in the US has been awarded $25,000 after New York State officials made another attempt to penalise it for only placing children with a married mother and father.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 14:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian mother sues Oregon over rejected adoption application</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-mother-sues-oregon-over-rejected-adoption-application/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A mother in the US is suing the State of Oregon after it rejected her adoption application, which she believes was a result of her Christian views on sexual ethics.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>US court: &#039;Christian adoption agency cannot be forced to violate its religious beliefs&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-court-christian-adoption-agency-cannot-be-forced-to-violate-its-religious-beliefs/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A Christian adoption agency cannot be shut down for its policy of only placing children with a married mother and father, a US federal court has ruled.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>New film celebrates a true story of adoption over abortion</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-film-celebrates-a-true-story-of-adoption-over-abortion/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A film based on a true story of hope and reconciliation through adoption premiered in the US earlier this month.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian fostering agency challenges High Court ruling on sexual ethics</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-fostering-agency-challenges-high-court-ruling-on-sexual-ethics/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[England&#8217;s only evangelical Christian fostering and adoption agency has been at the Court of Appeal to challenge a ruling which said it was discriminating by not accepting same-sex couples as foster carers.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>High Court: &#039;Ofsted wrong to demand Christian fostering agency ditch religious ethos&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/high-court-ofsted-wrong-to-demand-christian-fostering-agency-ditch-religious-ethos/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The High Court has ruled that England’s only evangelical Christian fostering agency can continue to work only with evangelical Christian carers. 
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Oz Christian couple challenge fostering ban over biblical views</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/oz-christian-couple-challenge-fostering-ban-over-biblical-views/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A Christian couple in Australia have launched legal action after they were banned from becoming foster carers due to their biblical views on LGBT issues. 
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>US Govt offers support for faith-based adoption</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-govt-offers-support-for-faith-based-adoption/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ The US Government has promised to support faith-based adoption agencies who believe in traditional marriage. 
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Judge dismisses concerns over &#039;gender manipulating&#039; foster parents</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/judge-dismisses-concerns-over-gender-manipulating-foster-parents/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A judge has dismissed concerns that two foster parents in Lancashire have been manipulating children in their care to ‘change sex’. 
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 15:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Jewish refugee thankful for Swedish Christians who saved him during WWII</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/jewish-refugee-thankful-for-swedish-christians-who-saved-him-during-wwii/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A new film uncovers the life of a Jewish refugee looked after by a Christian family in Sweden during the Second World War. 
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        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>US Christian adoption service faces closure for opposing homosexual adoption</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-christian-adoption-service-faces-closure-for-opposing-homosexual-adoption/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ A Christian adoption agency in the State of New York is being targeted by authorities over its policy of only placing children with opposite-sex, married couples. 
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 08:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>1 in 7 adoptive couples now same-sex</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One in seven couples approved to adopt children are homosexual, according to new figures.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Peer attacks “organised religion”, vows to continue gay rights push</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/peer-attacks-organised-religion-vows-continue-gay-rights-push/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Britain’s first openly homosexual Peer has celebrated the achievements of pro-LGBT campaigners under David Cameron and Tony Blair and called for more teaching of LGBT issues to children.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘Baptising your child will hinder adoption chances’ says social worker</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/baptising-child-will-hinder-adoption-chances-says-social-worker/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A social worker who advised a couple against baptising their baby on the grounds it would hinder the baby’s chances of being adopted has been criticised by a family court judge. 
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian adoption agencies in South Dakota free to uphold beliefs</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-adoption-agencies-south-dakota-free-uphold-beliefs/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The US state of South Dakota has brought in new measures which will allow Christian adoption agencies to operate in line with their religious beliefs.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>1 in 10 adoptions in England to same-sex couples</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/1-10-adoptions-england-sex-couples/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Homosexual adoption has rocketed in the past four years, with one in ten adoptive children now being placed in same-sex households.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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