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- Appeal aims to stop state officials from recognizing foreign same-sex “marriages”
- Handful of same-sex couples attack federal Defense of Marriage Act passed overwhelmingly by Democrats and Republicans
- ADF attorneys file motion to intervene in federal court on behalf of ProtectMarriage.com to defend Calif. marriage amendment
- ADF attorneys represent ProtectMarriage.com
- ADF attorneys filed motion to intervene in federal court on behalf of ProtectMarriage.com
- MADISON, Wis. — Alliance Defense Fund attorneys together with allied attorneys representing Wisconsin Family Action board members filed an original action lawsuit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court Thursday to stop the governor and state legislature from skirting a voter-approved constitutional amendment protecting marriage. The lawsuit asks the high court to halt the state’s “domestic partnership” scheme because it creates a legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage, which directly violates Article 13, Section 13, of the state constitution. “Politicians shouldn’t be ...
- ADF attorneys represented taxpayers
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Dale Schowengerdt regarding the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to declare the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Gill v. Office of Personnel Management: “Society should protect and strengthen marriage, not undermine it. The federal Defense of Marriage Act provides that type of protection, and we trust the U.S. Supreme Court will reverse the 1st Circuit’s erroneous decision.” “In allowing one ...
- Legal team defending California marriage amendment files final brief with U.S. Supreme Court
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Austin R. Nimocks regarding the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. Windsor: “The Supreme Court got it wrong in saying that a state that has redefined marriage can force that definition on the federal government. The federal government should be able to define what marriage is for federal law just as states need to be able to define what marriage is for state law. Americans should be able to continue advancing the truth about ...