Couple alleges foster home status revoked because they are black, gay
Winchester -- A Clark County couple has filed suit against the Department for Community Based Services of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and three related individuals after they say their foster parental rights were revoked because they are black and gay.
Tiniqua Gay and Felicia Gay, both of Winchester, received their foster parent certificates in 2013, according to the suit. In May 2015 and June 2016, the couple became foster parents for two baby girls who are sisters. In January, the couple told the Cabinet they wished to adopt the babies as the biological mother’s parental rights were being terminated in May.
In April, Felicia Gay had an argument with the biological mother of the children, the lawsuit said. Emily Sergeant, a Clark County social worker responsible for supervising visitation between the mother and child, witnessed the biological mother feeding one of the babies pizza with tomato sauce on it, according to the suit. Felicia Gay became concerned because the baby has an allergy to tomatoes. Sergeant and the mother were aware of the allergy, the lawsuit said. When Felicia Gay asked about the food, the mother began yelling at her.
The biological mother proceeded to call Felicia Gay a racial slur and asked Sergeant why the Cabinet is letting her kids be raised by the couple, the lawsuit said. After the argument, Gay asked Sergeant why she did nothing to diffuse the argument between Gay and the biological mother.
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