Arkansas Tosses Gay-Foster-Parent Ban

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A state ban on placing foster children in any household with a gay member was struck down when a judge ruled that the state agency enforcing it overstepped its authority by trying to regulate "public morality."

Ruling in a case brought by the Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy Fox declared the ban unconstitutional Wednesday.

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Arkansas Tosses Gay-Foster-Parent Ban

At issue was a 1999 board regulation that said gays cannot become foster parents, and foster children cannot be placed in any hom...

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