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Proposition 8 defenders allowed to intervene against attack on Calif. marriage amendment
A federal court Tuesday ruled that the official proponents and campaign committee for Proposition 8, ProtectMarriage.com, will be allowed to intervene federal court against a Hollywood-backed lawsuit designed to tear down California’s voter-approved marriage amendment. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys are co-counsel in the case along with ADF-allied attorney Andrew Pugno and lead counsel Charles J. Cooper.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4998 - 3k - 7/1/2009
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New hotline for Wash. Referendum 71 supporters who encounter retaliation
Wednesday the Alliance Defense Fund opened a free telephone hotline (1-800-655-6592) and Web page (www.telladf.org/r71) for Washingtonians who believe they have credible reports of retaliation against them because of their support of Referendum 71. Referendum 71 is a citizen initiative that would allow voters to decide on a state senate bill that makes marriage and “registered domestic partnerships” effectively the same except in name.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4993 - 3k - 6/24/2009
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ADF appeals DC board’s faulty decision to deny vote on same-sex ‘marriage’
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics on behalf of Bishop Harry R. Jackson and other D.C. voters, challenging its vote Monday to deny the people a say on the city council’s decision to recognize same-sex “marriages” from other jurisdictions. In the suit, ADF attorneys point out that the board disregarded a previous court ruling when rejecting a referendum that would allow voters to decide the matter.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4984 - 4k - 6/17/2009
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ADF attorney available to media following hearing on DC marriage referendum
Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Brian Raum will be available for media interviews after testifying before the Board of Elections at a hearing Wednesday. Raum will join pastors and others in support of allowing citizens of the District of Columbia to vote on whether to accept or reject the decision of the D.C. City Council to recognize same-sex “marriages” from other jurisdictions.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4979 - 2k - 6/9/2009
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WV high court renders moms, dads unimportant in adoption cases
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Friday reversed a lower court’s order to place a 15-month old foster child with a married family in accordance with state law. According to attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, the court’s ruling essentially elevated the desires of two cohabitating women who wanted to adopt the child over the state’s adoption law and the judge’s legal discretion to rule within the bounds of it. The two women were temporarily providing foster care without any guarantee of adoption.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4974 - 3k - 6/5/2009
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ADF to activist group: Stop threatening Maine diocese over marriage
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent a letter to the San Diego-based Empowering Spirits Foundation Thursday on behalf of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine, urging it to cease filing frivolous and factually flawed IRS complaints as a way of intimidating organizations that believe in protecting marriage.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4967 - 3k - 5/29/2009
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Proposition 8 defenders seek to intervene against Hollywood-backed lawsuit
The official proponents and campaign committee for Proposition 8, ProtectMarriage.com, filed a motion to intervene Thursday in federal court against a new Hollywood-backed lawsuit designed to tear down California’s voter-approved marriage amendment, upheld by the California Supreme Court just three days ago. ProtectMarriage.com is represented by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys and ADF-allied attorney Andrew Pugno.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4966 - 3k - 5/29/2009
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La. city unanimously approves new regulations for sexually-oriented businesses
The Kenner City Council has voted to adopt regulations that seek to limit the negative effects of sexually-oriented businesses on the community. The new ordinance, which was drafted and provided to the city by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, has already been adopted by at least half a dozen municipalities in the state of Louisiana.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4963 - 2k - 5/28/2009
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Calif. Supreme Court upholds right of voters to amend constitution, protect marriage
The California Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to recognize the votes of more than 7 million Californians and uphold the state constitutional amendment which affirmed marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Advocates for redefining marriage filed suit last November, challenging the constitutionality of the amendment and again asking the court to forcibly redefine marriage in the Golden State in defiance of the fundamental right of Californians to amend their state constitution.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4960 - 4k - 5/26/2009
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NH gov's proposed revisions to marriage redefinition bill fail religious freedom test
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch and same-sex “marriage” supporters insist that proposed revisions to legislation that would make New Hampshire the sixth state to redefine marriage will not infringe on religious liberties. But ADF attorneys argue that Lynch’s added protections--and the anticipated concession by the drafters--is merely smoke and mirrors geared to divert attention from the fact that recognizing same-sex “marriage” in the Granite State would open up a Pandora’s Box of new attacks on religious freedom.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4948 - 3k - 5/18/2009
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