At the end of every year, I take a moment to reflect on some of Family Council’s big accomplishments from the previous 12 months. Below are some of the successes we had in 2010, and work I look forward to continuing as we start 2011.
Family Council has joined the Arkansas Attorney General in appealing Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza’s ruling on the Arkansas Adoption and Foster Care Act—the voter-approved law that passed in 2008 with 57% of the vote. Judge Piazza struck down the law five months ago, and now we are helping to appeal this decision to the Arkansas Supreme Court. John Lynch from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has written an article that does a great job detailing the situation thus far. You can read it by clicking here.
Attached to this year’s Defense Authorization Bill was a backdoor attempt to repeal the military’s longstanding ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy that prevents open homosexuality in the armed forces. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor were instrumental in blocking its repeal.