I agree Lexi. I assume that foster children are placed with suitable families that the relevant authorities have deemed as correct for that child.

The child's rights to feel safe and nurtured, especially after obviously being torn from their usual family and environment, must come first.

It would be a pity to see some children who were raised in very violent or negligent homes, being subjected to for example 'lectures' on the evils of prostitution, homosexuality or unmarried mothers, when they may well have been part of their own family life.

I am sure that foster kids, who have never been subjected to any religion or God in their lives, would be very upset to hear the new fundamental Christian foster parents say that their relatives may well burn in hell!

Suzie writes

'It would be a pity to see some children who were raised in very violent or negligent homes, being subjected to for example 'lectures' on the evils of prostitution, homosexuality or unmarried mothers, when they may well have been part of their own family life.'

Agreed however it would be pretty dumb to put these kids in families like the ones they have to part from. It might be an opportunity to break the cycle of porn, abuse and loose living.

Runner, what makes you think that all children fostered out have been exposed to porn or 'loose living'?

How would you define 'loose living'?

Many people access porn in their homes and the resident kids never see it. I doubt these homes are all non-Christian either!

The gore-man said....

"Are Christians fit to foster care?"

Oh great! More who thinks humans can walk on water.

BLUE

I'd be interested to see the breakdown of what religious backgrounds foster kids come from, as opposed to the families they are going to. I doubt non-Christians are over-represented as many seem to be assuming here, by the nature of their posts.

And some people here need to learn the meaning of the word "secular". This idea of "religion vs secularism" is verging on oxymoron status. The opposite of secular is 'Taliban'. Give me secular "fundamentalists" any day!

<<I agree Lexi. I assume that foster children are placed with suitable families that the relevant authorities have deemed as correct for that child>>

You would assume wrong.

Adolescent boys are being placed with trophy homosexual foster "parents" to demonstrate how progressive and inclusive and diverse we all are:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-480151/Gay-couple-left-free-abuse-boys--social-workers-feared-branded-homophobic.html

And while we're having a fruitcake free-for-all, why wouldn't it be discriminatory to stop convicted sex offenders from adopting and fostering children?
After all, it's their "fundamental human right".
To hell with the welfare of the child:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/nov/30/sex-offenders-adoption-children

Homophobia, sexoffenderphobia and other hateful bigotry needs to be expunged from society, for the sake of the children.