Arizona Gov. Brewer signed SB1188, giving adoption agencies a married-couple preference amid state ban on same-sex marriage
On April 18, 2011, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1188, amending A.R.S. § 8-103 to require licensed adoption agencies to give "primary consideration" to placement with "a married man and woman," with single-individual placement permitted only under enumerated exceptions. Because Arizona's constitution then banned same-sex marriage, no same-sex couple could ever qualify for the top preference tier, and ACLU attorneys publicly characterized the law as discrimination against gay couples via a marital-status proxy.