is arkansas a backwards redneck hellhole?

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

The persecution of gays across America continued this week as Arkansas voters passed by a 57% majority, a vile proposition making adoption by homosexual couples illegal. As a result, 400 children are required to be moved out of homes they were already placed in and into group homes or orphanages, immediately. Arkansas already has three times as many children needing foster care & adoption as it has homes.


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/9/9356/17632

[mfgbypooter]

Persecution can go both ways. Before this law was passed did the foster children have a choice in the matter as to whether they had to live in a gay home or not?

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[cheapprick]

The law goes further than just gays. Its wording also stops common-law couples [whom the state also doesn't recognize] from adopting or foster parenting.

The last thing you'd want is for little Johnny or Suzy to be placed in the home of a stable couple whom had never been married. Who knows what horrors they would witness?

[ctarlet]

I think this is beyond tragic.

[mfgbypooter]

They need to do a survey to see how many of these unwed people live in trailers.

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[Feather]

These kind of legislations are being ratified around the Us

[mountain_rage]

When it comes to religious bigotry, logic holds no ground. The people did not vote it down because there is any real data to show negative correlations, they shot it down because of some misguided ideologies. Now these kids have been moved out of loving homes and into state care which is already spread thin as it is. To be frank, there is no difference between racism and homophobia, they are both groundless hate mongering.

[ctarlet]

I agree MR. It is absolutely horrible.

[MoonMan]

Before Tuesday (and don't get me wrong, for all intents and purposes Tuesday was a major win for the Left in the U.S.), I would have probably agreed even without seeing those numbers.

However, I would say that the United States as a whole is still struggling with the prospect of gay marriage and it was very apparent Tuesday when California passed a proposition banning gay marriage after the California Supreme Court made it legal a little while back. There were major setbacks for gay rights across the board on election day, with something like 4 more states banning it or something to do with it. In 2004, I believe my home state also added itself to the list of legalized bigotry. I could be wrong though, I don't remember and I ain't looking that shit up.

Either way, I believe it's going to be an uphill battle for gays and these setbacks shouldn't make people think this is the way it is always going to be. Republicans and social conservatives might think so, but so did Democrats after the ruling of poor old Dred Scott.

Equality will prevail eventually (hopefully).

[thelastfreeman]

See this is why we need a separation of church and state. The laws we have in place just simply aren't enough to prevent organized religion from steering legislation to fit their own beliefs. In this particular election cycle the Church of Mormon put an exorbitant amount of money to ensure these measures pass in these states. You wonder what goes on through people's minds as they cast these ballots. California especially surprised me because they just selected a black man to be president and then turn around and take away civil rights of others.

[MoonMan]

The common consensus about why California flipped like that is because of the surge of African American voters nationwide who turned out for Obama. With other ethic groups that were polled splitting mostly about even, blacks overwhelmingly supported the measure to defeat gay marriage.

And nearly all African Americans are Democrats.

Now I do not believe that blacks are mainly to blame, as blaming any single ethnic group (except those dirty Jews) for a wrongdoing of society is itself a very stupid thing to do.

[thelastfreeman]

Now I do not believe that blacks are mainly to blame, as blaming any single ethnic group (except those dirty Jews) for a wrongdoing of society is itself a very stupid thing to do.

Err.. wat?

Oh lol I thought you were serious for a sec

[rainbowdemon]

I spent about three weeks working in Blytheville Arkansas. Mississippi County. I swear it was the idiot capitol of the world!!

[mfgbypooter]

I spent some time right outside Grady Arkansas. A place the ADC refers to as Cummins. It's one of those institutions of higher learning where they teach you stuff like how to work on a hoe squad and picking cotton by hand, and calling assholes with guns on horseback sarg and lou.

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[Excrement_Cranium]

So you send people back to the days of marriages that aren't reported to the state or church. Good job being bassackwards!