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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jaclyn Peiser

Couple say they were prevented from becoming foster parents because they are Jewish

Courtesy of Americans United

Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram were excited about the prospect of starting a family by fostering and adopting a child. But as they prepared to attend their first day of foster parent training at Holston United Methodist Home for Children in northeastern Tennessee last January, they received an email from the agency telling them not to come.

The group was refusing to help the couple because they are Jewish.

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