Friday, October 08, 2004
Family Issues
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday refused to strike from the November ballot a proposed amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage and civil unions.
The American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the proposal on technical grounds, arguing that the title of the proposed amendment referred only to same-sex marriage and made no mention of the fact that civil unions would be barred as well.
"This puts the issue of defining marriage in the hands of voters, where it should be," said Jerry Cox, president of the Arkansas Family Council, a conservative social action organization.
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