Jordan Lorence to debate at UCLA: The effects of marriage redefinition on First Amendment rights
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4715 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND MEDIA ADVISORY ADF attorney to debate same-sex ‘marriage,’
ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence will participate in debate WHO: ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence WHAT: Debate on religious liberty vs. same-sex “marriage” WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 12:15 p.m. PDT WHERE: UCLA School of Law, 405 Hilgard Ave., Room 1347, Los Angeles LOS ANGELES — Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence will participate in a debate Wednesday at the UCLA School of Law on the effects of same-sex “marriage” on First Amendment rights. The debate will address how the conflict affects religious liberty and the right of conscience in the context of business owners, parents with children in public schools, applicants for professional licenses, houses of worship with tax-exempt status, and other aspects of society. “People with moral convictions against same-sex ‘marriage’ should not be punished for desiring to abide by their beliefs,” said Lorence. “Homosexual activists have not been satisfied with mere tolerance. They have used their agenda as a battering ram to violate the rights of business owners, churches, and others who have personal and religious convictions about this issue.” Lorence is senior vice-president of the ADF Office of Strategic Initiatives out of its Washington, D.C., Regional Service Center. He has litigated religious liberty and free speech cases across the nation since 1984. Lorence earned a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1980. He is admitted to the bar in three states, the U.S. Supreme Court, and multiple federal courts. In 2004, Lorence argued before the California Supreme Court in Lewis v. Alfaro, in which the court ruled that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom illegally issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Lorence will debate Williams Institute Law Fellow Kim Pearson from the UCLA School of Law (www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=2892). The debate is sponsored by the UCLA chapter of the Federalist Society. ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.
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