A lawsuit filed Wednesday challenges a Tennessee law that allows adoption agencies with religious affiliations to deny help to families with conflicting religious or moral beliefs.

The lawsuit was filed against the Tennessee Department of Children's Services after a couple said the Christian-based Holston United Methodist Home for Children refused to work with them because they are Jewish.

Elizabeth and Gabriel Rutan-Ram claim the adoption agency in Greeneville, Tennessee, denied them foster parent training and a home-study certification when they attempted to adopt a child from Florida last year. [...]

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed House Bill 836 into law last year, which authorizes taxpayer-funded foster-care agencies in the state to deny services to families who have different religious beliefs from an agency.

Conservative "religious freedom" agenda off to a great start it seems like