Arkansas Judge Voids Ban on Gay Foster Parents
Posted on December 30th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Arkansas judge lifts ban on gay foster parents, states that the Child Welfare Agency Review board cannot regulate “public morality.”
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas judge Wednesday declared unconstitutional a state ban on placing foster children in any household with a gay member.
Ruling in a case brought by the Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy Fox said the state Child Welfare Agency Review board had overstepped its authority by trying to regulate “public morality.”
At issue was a 1999 board regulation that said gays cannot become foster parents, and foster children cannot be placed in any home with a gay member under its roof.
The ACLU had argued that the regulation violates the equal-protection rights of gays. But the judge’s ruling did not turn on that argument.
Instead, Fox noted that the Arkansas Legislature gave the child-welfare board the power to “promote the health, safety and welfare of children,” but the ban does not accomplish that. Rather, he said the regulation seeks to regulate “public morality” something the board was not given the authority to do.
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