Suit to proceed against Arkansas adoption ban
(Little Rock, Arkansas) An Arkansas judge ruled that a lawsuit challenging a law banning unmarried couples from becoming adoptive or foster parents can move forward.
In a hearing Tuesday on the state application to dismiss the lawsuit, Arkansas Deputy Attorney General Justin Allen argued that no one has a basic right …
Tags: Arkansas Adoption, Deputy Attorney General, Foster Parents, Little Rock Arkansas, State Application, Unmarried CouplesAnti-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 …
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(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 …
Tags: Adoption Case, Adoptive Parents, Anti Gay, Arkansas Adoption, Arkansas Law, Circuit Judge, Conservative Group, Gay Adoption, Gay Group, Little Rock Arkansas, Piazza, Unmarried CouplesAnti-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 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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Challenge to Arkansas gay adoption ban continues
(Little Rock, Arkansas) Attorneys for a dozen families who are challenging an Arkansas law banning unmarried couples from becoming foster or adoptive parents have asked a judge to deny a state motion to have the lawsuit dismissed.
Voters approved the ban last November. The families involved in the legal challenge are …
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(Little Rock, Arkansas) More than a dozen families are challenging a new Arkansas law banning unmarried couples living together from becoming foster or adoptive parents.
The Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of the families in Pulaski County Circuit Court seeking to overturn Act …
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