We were loving foster care parents until Washington state insisted we violate our faith

In Washington state, political ideology is the state’s litmus test for determining who can be a loving parent. 
 
In 2022, we served as foster care parents for just over nine years and decided to renew our license to continue caring for vulnerable kids. But state officials did not want us because of our religious beliefs — beliefs about sexuality and gender held by millions of other Americans. 
 
The Bible instructs us to care for widows and orphans. That was part of what led us in 2013 to help those in foster care.