Can State Ban Homosexuals From Being Foster Parents? : Trial Tuesday Will Determine
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A trial this week is to determine whether
the state can ban homosexuals from serving as foster parents.
The Child Welfare Agency Review Board imposed the ban in March
1999 and was sued a month later. A bench trial is to start tomorrow
before Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox.
At issue is whether someone should automatically be excluded
from being a foster parent because that person or someone in the
home is homosexual. Nebraska is the only other state with a a
similar ban.
Arkansas` child welfare board imposed the 1999 ban after one of
its members argued that children were better off being raised in a
home with a mother and a father.
The American Civil Liberties Union says the state ban is based
on stereotypes that are not grounded in science or social research.
