We were loving foster care parents until Washington state insisted we violate our faith

Devoted foster parents were disqualified by Washington state because of their faith. Officials decided that new gender expression policies outranked the couple's religious beliefs.

According to the state, parents must embrace the state’s view on gender ideology and use a foster child’s "pronouns and chosen name" based on their gender identity, not their sex. Parents must also take children to "cultural" events like pride parades.  Shane DeGross lives in Washington state. 

Things are so dire that the state has forced hundreds of children to sleep in hotel rooms, on a cot at a state official’s office, or in a car — experiences that the Office of the Family and Children’s Ombuds office called "disruptive" and traumatic for children.  When we decided to renew our license, we wanted to meet that need by focusing on respite care for a season. But Washington state had recently enacted new policies on "SOGIE" or "sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression."