Conner Eldridge on Civil Rights

Reauthorize Violence Against Women Act

Conner Eldridge says, "Today marks three years since Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)--landmark legislation that is helping Arkansas fight the scourge of violence against women, particularly domestic violence. As a prosecutor, I've seen VAWA make a difference in the lives of women and girls by ensuring an aggressive response to domestic violence and human trafficking, providing assistance to victims, and working to enhance efforts to prevent and prosecute these horrible crimes. Senator John Boozman voted not once, but twice against the Violence Against Women Act, ignoring the voices and values of Arkansans."

OpEd: Dems embrace same-sex marriage; Eldridge is reluctant

• He rails against Obama's historic multinational agreement with Iran that threatens to make the world safer.
• He fails to embrace the increasingly successful Affordable Care Act and says only that it is a distraction to keep arguing about repealing it because we need to change it instead.
• He says he is opposed to abortion.
• He declines to embrace same-sex marriage except to say the legally plain truth that it's the law of the land and we may as well deal with it.
• Arkansas Democrats will assail me for dismissing their chances and undercutting the vital two-party system. But actually I favor a vital two-party system.