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Act 1 injunction filed

The ACLU of Arkansas filed a motion for temporary injunction today in Pulaski circuit court asking that the state be prohibited from using Act 1 to separate children in state care from family members until its challenge of the law has been settled. The ACLU filed suit last week challenging the constitutionality of the new law, which prohibits unmarried couples (read GAY) from fostering or adopting children; director Rita Sklar said part of the motion was under seal but that it would apply to a child facing possible removal from the care of a grandmother.

 

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>>which prohibits unmarried couples (read GAY) from fostering or adopting children; <<

You're likely incorrect regarding your assumption that gays will be injured more than heteros.
My partner and I had custody of her niece for 3 yrs (until Spring of 07) after her mother died suddenly and her father kicked her out of the home. As an unmarried couple under current law we would not have been allowed to do that. She would have been passed around from one foster home to another and likely would have been pg before her 18th birthday.

Other family members raising related youth is very common in Arkansas. That's who will be hurt if this hideous law remains intact.

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We must remember that 43% of Arkansans voted against this narrow-minded, moronic measure. A UA survey in October had found that 55 percent of voters in the state opposed it. But then Cox & Co. ratcheted up their lobbying, including the distribution of 350,000 inserts for church bulletins, and the rest is history. If the courts won't undo this mess, the people will. 43% is a great base from which to build. All it will take is some serious public education.

Like I have said many times before, since you can't win at the ballot box you can always resort to the courts. They really don't care about the will of the people only satisfying the whims of a few minority groups who yell the loudest. You will probably be successful since anything anti-democratic is so chic chic now in our culture.

durango, you are really a spin doctor. You dwell on the 43% and ignore the 57%. You get my spin of the year award.

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