October 31, 2007
Poll: 53 Percent of Arkansans Are Homophobic Bigots
Poll: Most Arkansans favor law to ban adoption, foster parenting by gays
A slim majority of Arkansans - 53 percent - favor laws that would prohibit gays and lesbians from adopting or serving as foster parents, results of a poll conducted by University of Arkansas researchers show.
The annual Arkansas Poll also shows 41 percent of Arkansans favor laws that would make it more difficult to get an abortion and 57 percent are convinced global warming is for real.
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“This is good news for our effort,” said Jerry Cox, executive director of the Family Council. The conservative Christian group is seeking to place an initiated act on the 2008 general election ballot that would prohibit unmarried couples from adopting or serving as foster parents in Arkansas
The Family Council’s proposal is worded differently from the poll questions - it would apply to all unmarried couples regardless of sexual orientation - but Cox said the poll results bode well for the proposal’s chances.
Filed under: Election 2008, Parenting, Radical Religious Right, United States
