The clash over the extent to which people of faith may live out their beliefs is never more contentious than when that clash occurs in the family law context. From bakers, florists, and photographers whose religious convictions prohibit them from providing services for same-sex weddings to child custody disputes involving gender identity and religion, the cases capturing our attention often fit within this intersection of faith and family.

Although less frequently in the headlines, this cultural clash impacts thousands when it puts religious adoption and foster care providers to the Hobson's choice of either abandoning their religious beliefs or closing their doors. Many adoption and foster care providers are religious ministries whose faith motivates them to help those in need, often in underserved communities.