Anti-gay group allowed to enter Arkansas adoption case

(Little Rock, Arkansas) A judge has ruled that that a lawsuit challenging an Arkansas law banning unmarried couples from becoming foster or adoptive parents can proceed - and that the conservative group behind the measure can present arguments in the case.

County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza dismissed a motion by Arkansas …

Anti-gay group allowed to enter Arkansas adoption case

County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza dismissed a motion by Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel to dismiss the suit. Piazza then accepted an application by the Arkansas Family Council to enter the case.

The council was behind the successful ballot measure past last November that bans unmarried couples from adopting or fostering. The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas filed suit, challenging the constitutionality of the law on behalf of a dozen families, some straight, some gay.

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Wisc. partner measure may lead to constitutional challenge

(Madison, Wisconsin) Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposed domestic partner registry for same-sex couples is likely to lead to a lawsuit if approved by the legislature, a conservative group is warning.

Doyle, a Democrat, included the registry in the state budget presented to lawmakers last week. The measure also would provide health …

Kalamazoo passes – then repeals – gay rights ordinance

(Kalamazoo, Michigan) Six weeks after passing an ordinance banning discrimination in housing and employment based on sexuality or sexual identity, city commissioners have voted to repeal the measure.

The unanimous move was not a change in position, but an attempt to halt a move by a socially conservative group to force …

Conservative Groups Launch Preemptive Efforts To Retain Gay Bans

Anti-gay rights groups alarmed at the election of a gay-affirming president are staging preemptive attacks on the pro-gay positions of the upcoming Barack Obama administration.

One such group, the Alliance for Marriage Foundation (AMF), the organization that drafted the Marriage Protection Amendment (MPA) in Congress, is working against any attempt to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

The conservative group Concerned Women for America (CWA) objects to several progressive Obama ideologies at Obama Watch, but four out of six of their concerns are gay related.

Both groups list defending DOMA from repeal as a priority.

At the AMF sponsored website www.ProtectDOMA.org facts and information about the law that forbids any federal agency from recognizing legal marriage can be found. The law also allows states to ignore legal gay marriages performed in another state.

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