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1. Okla. court dismisses suit seeking same-sex ‘divorce’
An Oklahoma judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought a “divorce” between two women Tuesday.  The Oklahoma Supreme Court had already ruled the lower court was within its authority to dismiss the divorce decree when the trial judge discovered both parties were of the same sex, but the high court returned the case to the trial court because the woman who filed the lawsuit claimed that she didn’t get a fair day in court.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4764 - 3k - 11/26/2008
2. Husband retains guardianship of wife over sister-in-law, securing spouse’s life
A man seeking to protect his disabled wife from having her nutrition and hydration removed by his sister-in-law succeeded in having the court name him as guardian Tuesday when the sister-in-law withdrew her application for guardianship.  Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Joel Kirkpatrick represents Robert Lavers, the husband of Heather Lavers.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4763 - 3k - 11/25/2008
3. ADF-allied attorney available to media after hearing over life of Fla. woman
Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Joel Kirkpatrick will be available for media interviews following his arguments Tuesday asking a court to prevent the transfer of guardianship over a disabled woman from her husband to her sister, who has indicated she might allow her to die.  Kirkpatrick and other ADF-allied attorneys represent Robert Lavers in a lawsuit which seeks to keep his wife, Heather Lavers, alive.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4761 - 3k - 11/24/2008
4. ADF attorney available to media after same-sex ‘divorce’ hearing
Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks will be available for media interviews immediately after Tuesday’s hearing in O’Darling v. O’Darling.  ADF attorneys are representing Oklahoma Speaker of the House Chris Benge in the case involving details surrounding a so-called same-sex “divorce.”
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4760 - 3k - 11/24/2008
5. ADF: U.S. Supreme Court should hear NJ coach’s prayer case
The Alliance Defense Fund has joined other pro-liberty organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a New Jersey football coach.  The East Brunswick School District prohibited the coach from silently bowing his head or kneeling while his team prayed.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4758 - 3k - 11/20/2008
6. Court ruling means Modesto man free to speak
A federal court granted a motion Wednesday that allows a Christian man to freely share his faith in a Modesto public plaza while his lawsuit against the city moves forward in court.  ADF attorneys filed suit on behalf of Kevin Borden in July after the city of Modesto restricted him and his friends from peacefully sharing their faith in a public plaza on Saturday evenings.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4757 - 3k - 11/20/2008
7. No stay on Proposition 8, marriage defenders allowed into lawsuit
The California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that it will not issue a stay of Proposition 8 and granted a motion by defenders of Proposition 8 led by an ADF-allied attorney to intervene in a lawsuit filed against the new marriage amendment.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4756 - 3k - 11/19/2008
8. Court orders approval of Ariz. ‘Choose Life’ license plates
A federal court Wednesday ordered the Arizona License Plate Commission to approve a specialty license plate featuring the words "Choose Life."  Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and the Center for Arizona Policy represent the applicants for the plates, the Arizona Life Coalition.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4755 - 3k - 11/19/2008
9. Delaware woman’s parents now in agreement: their daughter must live
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have reached a favorable settlement in a lawsuit that had pitted father against mother over the life of their 24-year-old daughter who suffers from severe brain injury.  Because of religious conviction and heartfelt interaction with her ex-husband’s family, the mother of Lauren Richardson decided to join cooperatively with Richardson’s father to care for their daughter and to drop her court request to remove Richardson’s feeding tube and water.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4754 - 3k - 11/19/2008
10. Indiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ plate in, Indiana woman’s ‘GOD’ plate out
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit Monday challenging an Indiana statute that does not allow references to religion or a deity on personalized license plates even though the state itself issues “In God We Trust” specialty plates.  ADF attorneys filed the lawsuit against the commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles on behalf of a woman whose application to renew her nine-year-old personalized plate was denied because of its reference to God.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4752 - 2k - 11/18/2008
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