Tennessee Jewish couple’s lawsuit accuses Christian agency of denying them foster care services

Lawsuit claims employee from state-funded program informed couple they would not serve them ‘because of their Jewish faith’

A Jewish couple from Tennessee has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Children’s Services after a state-funded Christian program denied them foster care services for religious reasons.

According to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram signed up for the foster-parent training class and home-study certification process last January at the Holston United Methodist Home for Children.

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