Tag Archives: State: Arkansas

Jerry Cox of the Arkansas Family Council Action Committee says he has received his share of hate mail and hate e-mails in recent months — not to mention a few annoying phone calls.

The AP reports: “I’m not backing away from the ultimate test, which is still what’s in the best interest of the child,” Beebe told The Associated Press. “Now the question then becomes: Is the best interest of the child in …

The AP reports: “A coalition of child advocates is challenging an Arkansas policy that bars unmarried couples who live together from being foster parents. Officials with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and other groups plan to testify Thursday against …

The AP reports: “A strip club near Scott is now out of business after a three-week police investigation over complaints of inappropriate contact between dancers and customers.”  According to the report some of the conduct bordered on prostitution.

Citizen Link reports:  Two key decisions Tuesday likely will lead to more children being adopted into families with a married mom and dad. In Arkansas, a liberal activist group has decided to let the voters decide on a ballot initiative …

USA Today reports:  . . . Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said in an advisory opinion Wednesday that schools don’t have a duty to verify the citizenship status of potential students they admit. The state’s higher education director earlier this …

The city council may soon be deliberating over an ordinance designed to severely limit so-called “adult entertainment” or “sexually-oriented businesses” in Forrest City.

The Daily Citizen reports: The Arkansas Department of Workforce Education on Monday criticized as inappropriate an affiliated group’s survey of middle school students that included questions asking them if they believed in tithing and whether they believed “in a God …

“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 . . . ”

“Arkansas Families First, the group fighting the adoption ban, said that if the question is certified for the ballot, it will go to court.”

Opponents of a proposal that would ban unmarried couples living together from adopting or fostering children say they plan to challenge the measure in court if it’s approved for the fall general election ballot.

Creating a district in which sexually-oriented businesses would be allowed with the city of Searcy was the subject of a meeting Wednesday afternoon at city hall

The AP reports that the Arkansas Family Council Action Committee set a goal of gathering 100,000 signatures in support of its proposal to prohibit homosexual adoption and foster care, but has turned in “slightly more than the minimum 61,974.”

Boxes and boxes of signatures will be delivered to the Secretary of State Monday as the Family Council’s Action Committee tries to change the state adoption law.

Religion Clause Blog reports: “In Nenninger v. United States Forest Service, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51212 (WD AR, July 3, 2008), an Arkansas federal district court dismissed a challenge to U.S. Forest Service regulations requiring a special permit for large …

The Arkansas News Bureau reports: “Supporters of a proposed initiated act that would ban unmarried couples from adopting or serving as foster parents in Arkansas said Tuesday they believe they have enough signatures to get the measure on the general …

The 6th Circuit is grappling with the question according to this post by Eugene Volokh on the Volokh Conspiracy.

The AP reports: “An appeals court judge who successfully battled an ethics panel for the right to criticize President Bush and the war in Iraq was voted off the bench Tuesday, six years after his remarks first attracted controversy.”

It was recently reported in the Arkansas Times that the Arkansas Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union was looking into allegations that juvenile probation officer William Hall had spanked probationers with a belt and wooden paddle.

Huckabee refused to sign the bill, complaining that referring to catastrophic storms as “acts of God” was incompatible with his personal faith.

“The bogus demand for “privacy above all else” undermines the safety net established to protect these victims.”