 ccrp poll faith based adoption legislation  you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues poll overview the michigan house will consider allowing faithbased agencies to deny adoptions on religious grounds under proposed legislation in the michigan house faithbased organizations that accept state funding would not be required to perform or assist in adoptions that violate their religious teachings the legislation which moves on for a possible house vote by the end of the year would prohibit the state or a local government entity from denying a grant or contract to an agency that objects to participate in certain adoptions or childcare placements due to religious convictions the michigan catholic conference which supports the legislation says faithbased organizations around the nation have been forced to decide between funding and honoring traditional beliefs the legislation does not change or restrict how any adoptions are administered today the bills simply recognize religious liberty rights and protect those rights from coercive efforts tom hickson conference vice president for public policy and advocacy said in a release new poll question should the legislature pass legislation that would allow faithbased agencies to determine eligibility based on religious criteria yes no undecided should the legislature pass a bill to allow faithbased agencies to determine adoption eligibility based on religious criteria   to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the michigan legislature pass legislation to grant personhood to fetuses and award tax credits to expecting mothers yes 52 no 42 undecided 6 two comments were made on this poll question comment 1 tax fairness a tax deduction for parents of fetuses what a great idea it s time for tax fairness one group of women will get all of us to pay for their contraception and abortions and another group of women will get a tax break from all of us to have a child and that child will grow up to fill the seats in schools and universities and eventually become teachers and professors doctors and nurses to keep us healthy inventors to make new products to improve our lives soldiers policy and fire personnel to make us safe workers to make things that we need and farmers to grow our food lawyers and judges to help us straighten out our disagreements and politicians to find more ways to take our money why didn t someone think of this sooner the rest of us can actually enjoy an eventual benefit for the tax deduction get the bills passed comment 2 personhood yes to personhood no to tax credits we ll have to get social security numbers for the unborn rand paul has a good idea https wwwyoutubecom watch v qgcy4jyiss    2012 all emails addresses  