Sunday, January 04, 2009

ACLU Sues Over Arkansas Adoption Ban


ACLU Sues Over Arkansas Adoption Ban

More than a dozen Arkansas families filed suit Tuesday challenging the state’s adoption ban.
More than a dozen Arkansas families filed suit Tuesday challenging the state’s law barring unmarried couples living together from becoming foster and 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 1. The ban was overwhelmingly approved by voters in November’s general election.

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