On Tuesday supporters of traditional marriage filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court answering arguments by opponents of California’s Proposition 8.
According to Alliance Defending Freedom, the brief explains why the state’s marriage amendment is constitutional and should be upheld as such.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on this case will likely have implications for marriage amendments in other states–including Arkansas.
Four great bills passed key legislative hurdles yesterday.
In the House Education Committee, Rep. Clemmer’s bill (HB1629) was approved. This bill would ensure that home-schooled students have an equal opportunity to receive the Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship. HB1690 by Rep. Debra Hobbs—which would institute a minute of silence at the beginning of each public school day—also passed the committee. Both bills will be considered by the Arkansas House of Representatives next week.
In the House Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jim Hendren’s bill, SB417, was approved by the committee. This pro-life bill doesn’t address abortions; it updates Arkansas’s fetal homicide law in the criminal code. It now heads back to the Senate to concur in some amendments, but it’s safe to say that it’ll become law soon. Another great bill that passed was Rep. Charlene Fite’s bill, HB1447, requiring abortion facilities to be mandatory reporters of child abuse. This bill will be considered by the Arkansas House of Representatives next week.
We’ll continue to keep you updated as the session moves along.
A popular pollster has distorted its statistics on support for same-sex “marriage” among Catholics, according to Family Research Council.
According to FRC’s report, Quinnipiac University lumped survey responses from practicing and non-practicing Catholics together on the issue of same-sex “marriage”–even though the university was careful to distinguish between the two when it came to other issues.
The result was a set of statistics showing the majority of “Catholics” support the redefinition of marriage. A closer inspection of the numbers, however, shows the majority of practicing Catholics do not support same-sex “marriage.”
In other words, the poll purports to show Catholics have shifted from opposing to supporting same-sex “marriage” when no such shift has actually happened.
You can read more by visiting Family Research Council’s website.