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AR: Judge asked to rule on foster-parenting suit

By Alliance Alert

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: "The law banning unmarried couples from adopting children and being foster parents doesn?t specifically bar homosexuals, but a judge said Thursday that appears to be the key result. Circuit Judge Chris Piazza said he will rule on whether a challenge to the voter-approved law by a group of families will go to trial sometime before the scheduled May 10 start date. [Byron Babione], an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing the Family Council, said the law does not 'shock the conscience' and said the state should not have to 'concentrate on evaluating settings that we know are more likely to produce unfavorable results.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on April 09, 2010 (boomark / email).