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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A state judge on Friday struck down an Arkansas law approved by voters that banned same-sex couples and other unmarried people living together from serving as adoptive or foster parents.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza said in a two-page ruling that people in “nonmarital relationships” are forced to choose between becoming an adoptive parent and sustaining that relationship. A group of families, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, sued in 2008 to overturn the ban, arguing there are too few families willing to adopt or foster in Arkansas.
