The small town of Eureka Springs in Carroll County is the only incorporated place in Arkansas to allow domestic partnerships (since 2007) and healthcare coverage for domestic partners of city workers (since 2011).
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On July 2, 2013, 11 same-sex couples, some of whom had married in Iowa and some of whom were registered as domestic partners in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, along with two of their children, filed a lawsuit, Wright v. Arkansas, in Pulaski County Circuit Court challenging the state constitution's definition of marriage and its denial of recognition to same-sex unions established in other jurisdictions.
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