2008 Arkansas Act 1

none September 2023 Initiative Act 1 Unmarried Couple Adoption Ban November 4, 2008 Arkansas 586,248 440,945 1,027,193 210px County results For #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Against #DEDEBD 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 (2008) is an initiated state statute that was approved on November 4, 2008, election in Arkansas. This measure makes it illegal for any individuals cohabiting outside of a valid marriage to adopt or provide foster care to minors. While the measure was proposed primarily to prohibit same-sex couples from being adoptive or foster parents, this measure also applies to all otherwise qualified couples who are not legally married.Attorney General OKs Second Gay Adoption Ban https://web.archive.org/web/20071123211411/http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2007/11/08/news/news11.txt 2007-11-23 Times Record Online. Thursday, November 8, 2007 The statute was a response to the June 2006 Arkansas Supreme Court case Howard vs. Arkansas, which overturned a ban on gay adults becoming foster parents. The Arkansas-based Family Council Action Committee lobbied for state legislatures to respond to the case for several years before petitioning to add Act 1 to the November 2008 ballot.Miller Rubin Bonnie 2008-12-03 Arkansas adoption ban hits gay couples: Arkansas adoption ban passes despite shortage of homes for needy children. https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/arkansas-adoption-ban-hits-gay-couples-passes/docview/456663619/se-2?accountid=14784 McClatchy-Tribune Business News On December 30, 2008, the ACLU filed suit in state court on behalf of 29 adults and children, challenging Act 1 as unconstitutional.Arkansas: Adoption Law is Challenged New York Times Online. December 31, 2008 On April 16, 2010, the law was overturned by Circuit Court Judge Chris Piazza in the case Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Cole.State judge overturns Ark. adoption ban lawmedic His ruling was upheld unanimously by the Arkansas Supreme Court on April 7, 2011.State Supreme Court strikes down adoption ban https://web.archive.org/web/20120311112924/http://arkansasnews.com/2011/04/07/state-supreme-court-strikes-down-adoption-ban/ 2012-03-11 Results Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 (2008)http://www.arelections.org/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=181&contestid=5 https://web.archive.org/web/20081001211636/http://www.arelections.org/index.php?ac:show:contest_statewide=1&elecid=181&contestid=5 usurped October 1, 2008 Statewide Results of Election (2008) 586248 440945 64.52 60243 See also LGBT rights in Arkansas LGBT adoption External links The initiative in full text Arkansas Unmarried Couple Adoption Ban (2008) ballotpedia.org Family Council (Supportive) Arkansas Families First (Opposition) Cole v. Arkansas - Case Profile (ACLU challenge to Act 1) The Money Behind the 2008 Same-Sex Partnership Ballot Measures - National Institute on Money in State Politics References Category:2008 Arkansas elections Category:2008 ballot measures in the United States Category:Arkansas ballot measures Category:LGBTQ law in the United States Category:Discrimination against LGBTQ people in the United States Category:2008 in LGBTQ history Category:Same-sex adoption in the United States Category:LGBTQ rights in Arkansas Category:Adoption law in the United States Category:Marriage in Arkansas