US / adoption Jewish Couple Sue Over Thwarted Adoption: 'Punched in the Gut' Tenn. husband and wife say Christian-based agency wouldn't help them due to their religion By Jenn Gidman, Newser Staff Posted Jan 21, 2022 8:54 AM CST Copied Stock photo. (Getty Images/Amorn Suriyan) (Newser) – Two years ago, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a law giving religious adoption agencies the OK to refuse to place a child if doing so would buck its "written religious or moral convictions or policies," per the Knoxville News Sentinel. Now, the state is seeing its first lawsuit challenging that measure, via a...