A bill signed Monday by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will direct the state and other adoption agencies to give married couples a preference over single adults when placing children in adoptive homes.
The Phoenix New-Times reports:
The new law doesn’t necessarily say homosexuals can’t adopt kids — but it states that Arizona would prefer that married couples be given higher consideration for adoptions than non-married people, if all other factors are equal.
In other words, since homosexuals aren’t allowed to tie the knot in Arizona — yet — they would lose out to heterosexual married couples every time.
“Experienced child health and social service authorities, not politicians, should make adoption decisions,” said Tom Mann, Board Chairman for Equality Arizona.
“Arizona desperately needed Governor Brewer to demonstrate real leadership today. Instead, we were given another bad law enacted out of political allegiance rather than what’s best for Arizona and Arizona’s children,” he said.
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Why isn’t there anything ever positive
Why isn’t there anything ever positive
Wtf!
Wow. That’s messed up. None of us can catch a freakin break.
Wow. That’s messed up. None of us can catch a freakin break.
Wow. That’s messed up. None of us can catch a freakin break.
Someone haven’t had their morning coffee…(namely that Az. Governor)
Funny, she just vetoed a guns on college campuses bill and one about people running for US political office, then she appeals to the crazy right by signing this.. ugh.
This is ridiculous!
bitch.
i live in Arizona…..a very right wing state including my gay brothers and sisters……i ask them…….did THEY vote for her and what are they doing now to raise the voice of the gay community in their party?
Please listen to my show this Saturday morning at 10 on 1480KPHX where we interview the law-makers about this VERY issue. We’re the ONLY LGBT Radio Show in Arizona and we need your support to continue making history!!!
DISLIKE!
I mean come on just look at her. A shriveled up prune. She is the “face” of right wing!
Any second she’s going to pull her leathery skin off and there’s going to be some hideous reptiloid creature or alien insect thing under there.