Author: unitedfamilies

Protection Against Sextortion Starts With Understanding the Threat

Jun 5, 2024 | ,

Any parent or primary caregiver has a list of things they do to protect their children. I am not talking about a written list, but an intuitive list that sits in their minds and guides how they raise their children. Generally, things move on and off that list based on the parent or caregiver’s past experiences, but occasionally parents face a new threat no previous generation of parents had to experience. Sexual extortion (sextortion) is one of these threats.

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Vermont Revokes Couple’s Foster Care License Because of Their Christian Beliefs

Jun 5, 2024 | ,

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of two Vermont families after the state revoked their foster-care licenses because of their religious beliefs. Inspired by their faith, two couples wanted to help meet Vermont’s “desperate” need for foster families. Pastor Brian Wuoti and his wife, Katy, became foster parents in 2014 and successfully adopted two brothers from foster care. Pastor Bryan Gantt and his wife, Rebecca, became foster parents in 2016 and focused on caring for children born with drug dependencies or with fetal alcohol syndrome. The Gantts have since adopted three children.

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LA County Fire Captain alleges violation of Constitutional rights over order to fly pride flag in recent lawsuit

Jun 4, 2024 | ,

Fire Captain Jon Little’s lawsuit alleges that the Los Angeles County fire department’s orders to him to fly the Pride flag violated his constitutional rights. He received an exemption from the action on religious grounds on June 19, 2023, but this was revoked two days later. Little claims he removed the flags from his station before being informed of the revocation, after which a superior allegedly demanded him to fly them again, stating his religious belief was irrelevant as a county employee.

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