Topic: Arkansas

State judge overturns Arkansas law banning unmarried couples from fostering, adopting kidsA state judge on Friday struck down an Arkansas law approved by voters that banned gay couples and other unmarried people living together from serving as adoptive or foster parents.Pulaski County ...
ACLU sues over new Ark. law barring unmarried couples from being foster or adoptive parentsMore than a dozen families sued Tuesday to challenge a new Arkansas law banning unmarried couples living together from becoming foster or adoptive parents.The Arkansas chapter of the ...
Rural and Christian voters advanced Arkansas' foster, adoption ban for unmarried couplesRural and evangelical voters propelled Arkansas to adopt one of the nation's few bans against unmarried couples becoming foster or adoptive parents.Championed by religious conservatives and fueled by a pulpit campaign, ...
Advocacy groups argue against Ark. policy banning unmarried couples from fostering childrenArkansas is unnecessarily limiting the number of good foster homes by prohibiting unmarried couples living together from taking in children, several advocacy groups told state officials Thursday.Officials with the Department of ...