Family Council submits ballot initiative to AG

It's considerably different from the bill they introduced in this year's legislative session. SB959 explicitly banned homosexuals from adopting or serving as guardians. The initiative submitted by the Family Council on Tuesday allows single people, even single homosexuals, to adopt or serve as foster parents. Instead, the initiative targets unmarried cohabiting couples. Here's Laura Kellams' report.

It's a difference that will require me to research whether common law marriages, which are recognized in half of Texarkana, will be affected. Of course, Arkansas will recognize a marriage that is recognized by other states. Assuming it's certified, the more conventional issues that will debated in Arkansas coffee shops over the next year will include morality, privacy, overreaching by big brother, the further reduction of an already small pool of potential foster and adoptive parents, and foremost, the best interest of our children.