A judge ruling in a challenge to the Arkansas voter-approved ban on unmarried couples fostering or adopting children told an ACLU lawyer that the his claim that the ban violates constitutional rights to equal protection is a compelling one.
The ACLU argued before the judge that not only are foster children harmed by reducing the pool of available foster and adoptive parents by banning unmarried couples (both same and opposite sex), but also harms children whose parents would prefer to name such a couple as a guardian for their children in their wills.
The judge at the hearing set 7 December to hear the case in which the Arkansas Department of Human Services is the defendant.
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