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Title: Arkansas: Going to the polls to ban adoption by Unmarried Couples
Post by: Shana A on November 02, 2008, 05:04:30 PM
Post by: Shana A on November 02, 2008, 05:04:30 PM
Arkansas: Going to the polls to ban adoption by Unmarried Couples
Filed by: Alex Blaze
November 2, 2008 6:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/arkansas_going_to_the_polls_to_ban_adopt.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/arkansas_going_to_the_polls_to_ban_adopt.php)
This measure would prevent unmarried, cohabiting couples from adopting or fostering children. Even though it would prevent straight, unmarried couples from adopting or fostering (and I'm sure there are far more of those than there are gay couples in Arkansas), it's directly targeted at queer couples, since FOTF's arm in that state has been trying to get it through ever since the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down their ban on gays and lesbians adopting in 2006.
Since that decision, the state Department of Human Services expanded their ban on gay and lesbian adoption to include all unmarried couples, until they overturned that policy and went to a case-by-case basis earlier this month.
The only poll on the matter was released October 23 and had Act 1 losing 38-55.
Filed by: Alex Blaze
November 2, 2008 6:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/arkansas_going_to_the_polls_to_ban_adopt.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/arkansas_going_to_the_polls_to_ban_adopt.php)
This measure would prevent unmarried, cohabiting couples from adopting or fostering children. Even though it would prevent straight, unmarried couples from adopting or fostering (and I'm sure there are far more of those than there are gay couples in Arkansas), it's directly targeted at queer couples, since FOTF's arm in that state has been trying to get it through ever since the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down their ban on gays and lesbians adopting in 2006.
Since that decision, the state Department of Human Services expanded their ban on gay and lesbian adoption to include all unmarried couples, until they overturned that policy and went to a case-by-case basis earlier this month.
The only poll on the matter was released October 23 and had Act 1 losing 38-55.