The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s execution law unconstitutional. We are still working through the details and trying to figure out exactly how this ruling will play out in reality, but you can read about it here.
Arkansas Right to Life is hosting its first ever Arkansas Camp Joshua (ACJ), a weekend pro-life camp to train high school students to be pro-life leaders. The camp has already been successfully held in multiple states, and we are now so excited to host Arkansas’ first Camp Joshua this Summer of 2012! Camp Joshua’s goal is to train the students so that upon graduation, the students will be equipped to confidently defend their pro-life views, enact new pro-life efforts in their high school and community, as well as starting critical pro-life work on their college campuses. Arkansas Right to Life is bringing in experienced speakers to educate the students on crucial pro-life topics. Some of the sessions included are Abortion 101, Pro-Life Persuasion, Euthanasia 101, The Impact of Abortion, and more!
The cost of the camp is $80.00 (includes meals, accommodations, materials, T-Shirt and transportation to and from camp location). Ages for the camp are 14-18, students who are 2012 graduating seniors will be accepted regardless of their age. Camp Joshua will be held at the beautiful CrossHeirs Retreat Center (crossheirs.org). The deadline to apply for Camp Joshua is June 26, and all registration can be done online at the website: campjoshuaar.org. Contact Arkansas Right to Life at artl4237@att.net after this point.
ACJ is open to people of all religious denominations. Material is presented from a Christian pro-life view. All chaperones will be approved by Arkansas Right to Life. Pro-life college students will assist with the weekend, but adults will be present at all times, including Hannah Trice, Executive Assistant at Arkansas Right to Life and Rose Mimms, Executive Director of Arkansas Right to Life.
Questions? Contact Executive Assistant Hannah Trice at (501) 663-4237 or artl4237@att.net (“ATTN: Hannah Trice Camp Joshua” in subject line) and check out Arkansas Camp Joshua’s website at campjoshuaar.org. Spots are limited, so register quick!
Talk Business recently conducted a scientific poll in conjunction with Hendrix College on three major ballot issues facing Arkansans. In short, it appears that Arkansans would likely defeat efforts to raise the sales tax by a half-cent and raise the severance tax on natural gas to 7%. Another issue polled dealt with changing Arkansas campaign and ethics laws to ban legislators from receiving any gifts from lobbyists, among other things. This issue appears to have very strong support and looks like it would easily pass at the ballot box. To read more about the poll results, click here. We asked Roby Brock, executive producer of Talk Business, about doing a poll on medical marijuana. He signaled that this was a good idea and he’d try to do one next time around.