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News and Events => Opinions & Editorials => Topic started by: Natasha on October 16, 2008, 05:18:39 PM

Title: Arkansas has a pro-child agenda, not a "gay agenda"
Post by: Natasha on October 16, 2008, 05:18:39 PM
Arkansas has a pro-child agenda, not a "gay agenda"

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/arkansas_has_a_pro-child_agenda_not_a_ga.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/arkansas_has_a_pro-child_agenda_not_a_ga.php)
Nancy Polikoff
October 16, 2008 7:00 PM

Even as Arkansas voters get ready to decide whether the state will ban adoption and foster care by lesbians and gay men, the state's Department of Health and Human Services has lifted its ban on licensing unmarried couples -- gay and straight -- as foster parents. Even the governor has said that the shortage of foster homes means no one should be preempted from the start from applying.