Adoption-ban plan adds kids' 'best interests'

By Laura Kellams

LITTLE ROCK — In revamping a proposed ban on unmarried couples adopting or becoming foster parents, supporters have gone back to declaring in writing that it's in the best interest of adopted and foster children not to live with "cohabiting" people.

The Little Rock-based Family Council added the statement to a proposed initiated act submitted Wednesday for certification by Attorney General Dustin Mc-Daniel. The idea is to answer critics of a previous version of the proposal, including McDaniel and Gov. Mike Beebe.

But opponents say including a statement about doing what's best for children doesn't make it true.

For more information see today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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