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Sen. Mike Lee introduces bill on faith-based adoption agencies amid effort to expand LGBTQ protections

The Utah Republican says the legislation would allow these groups to act ‘in accordance with their beliefs.’

(Jim Watson | Pool file photo via AP) Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., as she testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Jan. 27, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lee is co-sponsoring legislation that seeks to allow faith-based adoption agencies to be exempt from anti-discrimination laws involving LGBTQ people.