The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled the will of the people of Arkansas invasive and unwarranted:
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a voter-approved initiative that barred gay couples and other unmarried people living together from serving as adoptive or foster parents.
Associate Justice Robert L. Brown wrote for the court that the law would encroach on adults’ right to privacy in the bedroom.
“Act 1 directly and substantially burdens the privacy rights of `opposite-sex and same-sex individuals’ who engage in private, consensual sexual conduct in the bedroom by foreclosing their eligibility to foster or adopt children,” Brown wrote.
Just like with most civil rights issues, it’s going to take the courts to bring the country up to speed – especially the south.
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