This is important that we support this act…If I’ve said once I’ve said it a thousand times, if you want to defeat the homosexual agenda, you have to defeat it dead in it’s tracks…All this act does is make it so that foster kids can’t be adopted by unmarried couples who live with domestic partners…Our society is built on the family and countries that get away from that show an increase in out-of-wedlock childbirths, hetero-sexual marriages tank….
Cox said last week he was optimistic the organization would gather the requisite number of signatures by the deadline, but he acknowledged there have been hurdles.
People are not as informed about the measure as they were about the gay marriage amendment in 2004, he said. Supporters gathered more than 100,000 signatures to get it on the ballot. This year, about 37,000 signatures have been collected so far for the adoption initiative, he said.
“One of the biggest obstacles is that many think this will ban all single people from adopting or being foster parents,” Cox said. “Many people also think this will greatly reduce the number of foster homes and it will not.”
Also, Cox said, supporters had hoped to gather the bulk of the signatures during the May 20 state primaries but low voter turnout cut into the effort.
Secretary of State Charlie Daniels said a record-low 18 percent of Arkansas’ 1.6 million eligible voters cast ballots in the party primaries.
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Another good post.