[Grovenet] The culture of hate marches ever onward . . . . . .

[David Morelli]

For the sake of the children, I do prefer that families have two  
parents living together in a loving, dedicated union.  For clarity in  
the event of separation, a legal contract (like marriage) is useful,  
since the separation triggers a formal dissolution rather than  
someone just "walking out" and then returning later.

It is easy to make fun of the law, by asking what happens to adoptive  
children if the couple divorces?  Does the state take the children back?

Will the law be expanded with some future provision to require  
parents to be married before they give birth?

Does Arkansas allow siblings and close cousins to marry?

David

On Aug 25, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Katie Allnutt wrote:

> Oh my.
> What if a married couple is fostering a child, then one parent is
> killed.  What happens to the philosophy of having married parents
> raise adopted/foster children then?
> Will they take the child away?
> Perhaps they can give the child to a married couple where one of them
> is still in the closet and entered into a hetero marriage to hide the
> fact that they were gay. At least they are married, right?
> Even better, they should have all married people sign a pledge that
> they are not secretly gay before they are allowed to take in foster
> kids or adopt them, because you can never be too careful when it
> comes to gays and gold standards for screening people you don't like.
> I wonder if they have them sign a pledge that they will never get
> divorced?
>
>
>
> Katie
> God bless the children in Arkansas who will need foster or adoptive
> homes.
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Bob Browning wrote:
>
>> Ban on unmarried adoptions cleared for Ark. ballot
>>
>> By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago
>>
>> LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A proposal aimed at effectively banning gays
>> and lesbians from becoming foster or adoptive parents was cleared
>> Monday to appear on this fall's ballot in Arkansas.
>>
>> The measure would prohibit unmarried couples living together from
>> fostering or adopting children, and Arkansas doesn't allow gays to
>> marry or recognize gay marriages conducted elsewhere.
>>
>> Secretary of State Charlie Daniels certified the proposed initiated
>> act for the Nov. 4 ballot after verifying that the Arkansas Family
>> Council Action Committee had submitted 85,389 valid signatures of
>> registered voters. Supporters needed to turn in at least 61,974
>> valid signatures.
>>
>> "Arkansas needs to affirm the importance of married mothers and
>> fathers," Family Council President Jerry Cox said. "We need to
>> publicly affirm the gold standard of rearing children whenever we
>> can. The state standard should be as close to that gold standard of
>> married mom and dad homes as possible."
>>
>> The Family Council campaign is a response to a 2006 Arkansas
>> Supreme Court decision striking down a state policy that
>> specifically banned gays and lesbians from becoming foster parents.
>>
>> The ballot measure would take the place of a state policy that
>> currently bars unmarried couples living together from serving as
>> foster parents.
>>
>> The measure faces the threat of a lawsuit from groups who say that
>> it unfairly discriminates against unmarried couples and limits the
>> number of foster and adoptive homes available for children.
>>
>> Arkansas Families First is campaigning against the measure and has
>> said it plans to file a lawsuit to keep it from appearing on the
>> November ballot. Debbie Willhite, a lead consultant for the group,
>> said last week the group has found numerous signatures that should
>> have been rejected by the state as invalid and that the group also
>> plans to challenge the constitutionality of the measure.
>>
>> Attorney General Dustin McDaniel opposes the proposed initiated act
>> but said last week that he was confident it could survive a legal
>> challenge.
>>
>> Cox said the Family Council will rely on support from the same
>> network of churches that helped it pass a constitutional amendment
>> banning gay marriage in 2004.
>>
>> The Family Council's campaign had a debt of nearly $2,800 as of
>> July 31. By comparison, Arkansas Families First reported more than
>> $45,000 in the bank for its efforts to fight the measure.
>>
>>
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