Miscellaneous

Oh, Arkansas -- You Run Deep in Me

Good for Arkansas! After proudly collecting the requisite number of signatures, my home state has made the right, moral, fair decision to put an initiative on this November's ballot that would ban unmarried couples who co-habitate from adopting or fostering children.

The Secretary of State's office has approved the necessary signatures for an initiated act proposal, which bans co-habitating couples from adopting or fostering children, to appear on the November 4th ballot.

From a press release Jerry Cox, president of Family Council Action Committee, said the Secretary of State's validation of over 85,000 signatures of registered voters for the Arkansas Adoption and Foster Care Act is well over the required 62,000 and clears the way for passage in November.

"I couldn't be any more pleased," said Cox. "Overall about 90% of our signatures were valid. This is a great compliment to the hard work of over 2,500 volunteers and over 1,000 churches and other groups all across Arkansas who pitched in to make this happen."

I'm "pleased" too! Finally, a law that would prevent children from finding a loving home with loving parents! Because, clearly, being married is what qualifies you as being a parent, because there are no such thing as abusive asshole married couples. Thank you, Arkansas! You are a bastion of enlightenment!

Full post as published by Quiz Law on August 26, 2008 (boomark / email).