Families sued Vermont DCF claiming foster-care and adoption policies violate First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights by excluding them based on religious beliefs about gender identity.
By ReligiousLiberty.TV • February 26, 2026 • U.S. Const. amend. I
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Wuoti v. Winters (D. 2024).
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Wuoti v. Winters [U.S. District Court, 2024] — Families sued Vermont DCF claiming foster-care and adoption policies violate First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights by excluding them based on religious beliefs about gender identity. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/wuoti-v-winters/, accessed November 1, 2026).
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Year: 2024 Court: U.S. District Court Outcome:Pending
Holding: Families sued Vermont DCF claiming foster-care and adoption policies violate First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights by excluding them based on religious beliefs about gender identity.
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Wuoti v. Winters is a Free Exercise case decided by the U.S. District Court in 2024. The court held that families sued Vermont DCF claiming foster-care and adoption policies violate First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights by excluding them based on religious beliefs about gender identity. The case resulted in a Pending outcome.