Topic: Arkansas

Historically, homosexual behavior was not always regarded as immoral, sinful or obscene. Arkansas has been a prime example of such difficulties for the gay community. Arkansas is known for being situated in what is known as the Bible belt, and this fiasco ...
An Arkansas judge has ruled the state's ban on gay adoption unconstitutional An Arkansas judge has ruled the state's ban on gay adoption unconstitutional. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Christopher C. Piazza on Friday struck down a law that bans an unmarried person ...
The most important thing about the Stonewall riots or rebellion depending on which terminology you use is that it creates an origin myth. One of the things that I've been talking about recently to my students and to my colleagues is that, ...

Adoption Emerges As The Next Gay Rights Battle

Challenges in Florida and Arkansas, and plans in Kentucky and Tennessee, make adoption the next gay rights battleThe announcement last week that conservatives had mounted a lawsuit against the Florida Bar to keep it from arguing in favor of allowing gays and ...

Lawsuit Challenges Arkansas Gay Adoption Ban

More than a dozen families have filed a lawsuit challenging a gay adoption ban in ArkansasAt a Little Rock, Arkansas press conference this morning, more than a dozen families announced they would ask a court to strike down a new law that ...

Gay Adoption Ban To Appear On Ark. Ballot

A ballot initiative that seeks to ban gay couples from adopting will appear on the Ark. ballotA measure that would prohibit unmarried couples living together from fostering or adopting children in Arkansas will appear on the fall ballot, 'The Associated Press' reports. ...
A measure on Tuesday's ballot in Arkansas seeks to ban gay couples from adoption It's hand-to-hand combat in the fight for gay and lesbian couples to retain adoption and foster parenting rights in Arkansas, said Debbie Willhite, a spokeswoman for Arkansas Families ...
An effort to ban unmarried adoptions in Arkansas mostly targets gay couples The Little Rock, AR based organization largely responsible for placing a constitutional ban against gay marriage in Arkansas in 2004, is back in 2008 with an anti-gay adoption ban. On ...