Woops! Our bad.
They followed the polls instead of the faith, and now the Christian adoption machine is moonwalking backwards.
One of the nation’s biggest Christian adoption and foster care outfits, Bethany Christian Services, just announced they will no longer hand kids over to homosexual or otherwise “LGBTQ couples.” In a statement that sounds like it was written by someone who actually read the Bible instead of whatever Barna Group focus group manure they were paying for, BCS doubled down on their “Christian Identity and Faith.”
They believe in the sanctity of human life, that marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman, and that dudes are dudes and ladies are ladies because God didn’t screw up the factory settings. Here’s the money quote:
“We believe God designed the family as the primary structure for love, care, and human flourishing. We work to strengthen families and preserve them whenever possible. We affirm the biblical design of marriage as a covenant between one man and one woman… This covenant reflects Christ’s love and provides a stable, nurturing environment for children.”
Translation: We’re going back to the manufacturer’s instructions. Sorry about the brief experimental phase.
From June 2027 on, couples who want to adopt or foster through BCS are gonna have to sign off on these beliefs.
At the peak of the “love is love, bro” era, when conservatives were getting wobbly on the marriage thing, Bethany started placing kids with same-sex and gender-confused couples. Katy Faust, the no-nonsense founder of Them Before Us (a group that remembers kids aren’t fashion accessories for adults), called it exactly what it was.
“They just reversed that decision,” Faust said. “They will only hire Christians and they will only serve mother/father adoptive homes. Vibe shift is having measurable impact.” Yeah, turns out when you stop mainlining polling data and remember you’re a Christian organization, the vibes do shift. In 2021, Faust was already dragging them for caving. To figure out which way the evangelical winds were blowing, Bethany paid the Barna Group to survey Christians. Shockingly, 55% expressed some level of support for same-sex adoption.
So they did what any self-respecting faith-based nonprofit would do: they followed the focus group instead of, you know, two thousand years of consistent teaching.
Newsflash! The criteria for Christian organizations should not be polling. Sorry for the temporary insanity, folks. The polls lied. The Bible didn’t. Back to the original programming.
I know I’m being snarky about it but it’s good news. Christians should act like…Christians. What a novel concept.
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