The couple has been providing foster care for the two young children since the beginning of this year.
They are being supported by the Christian Legal Centre. The couple has now asked the local council to review the decision, which it says appears discriminatory. Social services will not consider the husband and wife’s offer to adopt the children, after they aired “concerning” views about the possibility of a same-sex couple adopting the children.
A British Christian couple has been blocked from adopting their foster children, after expressing views based on their belief that children should have a mother and a father wherever possible.
