ADF Attorney Joe Infranco and John Eastman, Chairman of the Board of the National Organization for Marriage appeared on Ave Maria Radio with Al Kresta to discuss the ruling. | MP3 audio 13:08 mins
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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Inside Bay Area: Austin Nimocks, a senior lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, one of the groups defending the law, would not reveal the strategic considerations, but promised: “We will do something. I can guarantee that.”
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: www.insidebayarea.com
- Tags: ADF: Austin R. Nimocks, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
The Bend Bulletin: Austin Nimocks, a lawyer who argues against same-sex marriage for the Alliance Defense Fund, noted that while some polls showed increasing support for gay marriage, voters had never approved it at the polls. In 31 statewide votes, voters have consistently defined marriage as between a man and a woman, he said. “I don’t see a shift in momentum,” Nimocks said. “You can use all the polls you want. You can say anything you want to about civil unions or domestic partnerships, but when it comes to marriage, the record is clear.”
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: www.bendbulletin.com
- Tags: ADF: Austin R. Nimocks, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, State: Washington, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage
Sacramento Bee: roposition 8 backers are already dismissing the ruling as the work of a liberal appeals court. As Brian Raum, a lawyer for the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, said in a statement, “We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage – tried in San Francisco – turned out this way.” But before they engage in the usual stereotyping of the 9th Circuit, Proposition 8 proponents might want to carefully examine the legal precedents the appeals court relied upon in handing down its decision.
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: www.sacbee.com
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Bench and Bar, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
Pueblo Chieftain: Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund that helped defend Proposition 8 in court, noted, “We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way. But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court.”
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: www.chieftain.com
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
Bloomberg: This is a blatant matter of abusing the rights of church officials to be involved in local affairs,” said Joel Oster, a lawyer in Kansas for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based group that represents religious organizations. “We are excited about this case because of the precedent that could be established.”
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: www.bloomberg.com
- Tags: ADF: Joel Oster, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, Category: Religious Freedom, Topic: Elections, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Cook v. Tom Brown Ministries, ZZADF: 34933
Daniel B. Wood at Christian Science Monitor at Yahoo! News: The Alliance Defense Fund, which helped to defend Prop. 8 in court, has not divulged its plans, but senior counsel Brian Raum has said the group expects to make a decision “in due time.”
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: old.news.yahoo.com
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
Baptist Press (includes video of Alan Sears): Alliance Defense Fund attorney Dale Schowengerdt said that while the decision’s outcome was more narrow than Walker’s, its reasoning in striking down Prop 8 was broad. “It’s not a narrow ruling in many regards,” Schowengerdt told Baptist Press. “The court basically said there’s no legitimate reason to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman. The court said Proposition 8 was supported by nothing but animus.”
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: www.sbcbaptistpress.org
- Tags: ADF: Alan E. Sears, ADF: Dale Schowengerdt, ADF: Media Clips, ADF: Multimedia, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
San Francisco Chronicle (Bloomberg): “We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way,” Brian Raum, an attorney for proponents and senior counsel at the legal group Alliance Defense Fund, said in an e-mail. “But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court.”
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: www.sfgate.com
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
NCRegister.com: till, whenever marriage has been put to a vote, Americans overwhelmingly reject the idea of changing its definition. Alliance Defense Fund senior counsel Brian Raum said that “63 million Americans in 31 state elections have voted on marriage, and 63% voted to preserve marriage as the timeless, universal, unique union between husband and wife.”
- Posted: 02/09/2012
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- Source: www.ncregister.com
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
College Times – Arizona State University (McClatchy): Brian Raum, a lawyer for the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, a supporter of Proposition 8, said in a prepared statement, “We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way. But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court.”
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: www.ecollegetimes.com
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
OneNewsNow.com: Thomasson expects the case to land in the nation’s highest court, with Justice Anthony Kennedy casting the deciding vote. In fact, Alliance Defense Fund says it will do exactly that (see accompanying video of ADF general counsel Alan Sears). [Brian Raum also quoted]
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: www.onenewsnow.com
- Tags: ADF: Alan E. Sears, ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, Group: Campaign for California Families, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
Religion News Services on Christian Century: “No court should presume to redefine marriage. No court should undercut the democratic process by taking the power to preserve marriage out of the hands of the people,” said Brian Raum, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, which is representing an umbrella group of Prop 8 supporters known as ProtectMarriage.com.
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: www.christiancentury.org
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
USCCB: “Our society does not operate in an amoral or value-less vacuum,” said Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. “To flourish, it must be infused with moral direction that is grounded in the truth. Of course, the true meaning of marriage, like the gift of human life, is ultimately not subject to a vote or court ruling. But in California, as in every other state where marriage has been put to a vote, the people justly upheld the truth of marriage. How tragic for California, for the nation, and especially for children, that this correctly-informed judgment has now been set aside.”
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Category: Marriage & Family
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- Source: www.usccb.org
- Tags: Category: Marriage and Family, Group: USCCB, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
Businessweek (Bloomberg): We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way,” Brian Raum, an attorney for proponents and senior counsel at the legal group Alliance Defense Fund, said in an e-mail. “But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court.”
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: www.businessweek.com
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San Jose Mercury News: “We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way,” Brian Raum, a spokesman for the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian non-profit, said it a widely e-mailed statement. “But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court. Every pro-marriage American should be pleased that this case can finally go to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: www.mercurynews.com
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown, ZZADF: 26561
Elizabeth Weise and Joan Biskupic at USATODAY.com (includes video): “No court should presume to redefine marriage. No court should undercut the democratic process by taking the power to preserve marriage out of the hands of the people,” said Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal aid group that helped defend Proposition 8.
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: www.usatoday.com
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Lisa Leff at Connecticut Post (AP) (includes video): “We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way. But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court,” said Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal aid group based in Arizona that helped defend Proposition 8.
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: www.ctpost.com
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Independent: “We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage – tried in San Francisco – turned out this way,” said Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal aid group that helped defend the ban.
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: www.independent.co.uk
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The Washington Post: “We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way. But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court.” Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal aid group that helped defend the ban.
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- Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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Episcopal News Service: According to a statement posted on the website of the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian legal foundation that backed Proposition 8, the group was not surprised that “this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage — tried in San Francisco — turned out this way.” But the group said it was confident the Supreme Court would uphold “the expressed will of the American people.”
- Posted: 02/08/2012
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- Source: episcopaldigitalnetwork.com
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Bob Unruh at WorldNetDaily: “The American people deserve a court system that upholds the integrity of the judicial process,” said Austin R. Nimocks, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, which has worked on the case. [more]
- Posted: 02/07/2012
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- Source: www.wnd.com
- Tags: ADF: Austin R. Nimocks, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Bench and Bar, Category: Marriage and Family, State: California, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: Perry v. Brown
Washington Blade – “America’s Leading Gay News Source”: Following McCoy was Maryland Baptist ministers Rev. Dr. John Lund, and Rev. Dr. Nate Thomas, as well as Presbyterian pastor Bob Borger, former mega-church pastor Joel Peebles — who recently lost a court battle over control over his Jericho City of Praise Ministry — as well as some Catholic voices such as Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Father Eric Arnold, and Maryland Catholic Conference’s Mary Ellen Russell. The testimony was concluded by an attorney specializing in representing churches and ministers, Erika Cole, the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty’s Eric Baxter, and the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund’s Brian Raum.
- Posted: 02/01/2012
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- Category: ADF in the News
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, Group: Becket Fund, State: Maryland, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage
www.HometownAnnapolis.com – The Capital: The hearing attracted a few witnesses from out of state. Brian W. Raum, is senior counsel for the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund. He said the bill fails to protect “religious-minded” individuals and businesses, such as wedding planners and venue halls. “Certain kinds of businesses are going to be negatively affected,” he said. “They may be people of deep faith who don’t want to participate.” After the hearing, Raum seemed perturbed when asked to explain why businesses should be free to discriminate against same-sex couples, while discrimination on racial or religious grounds is illegal. “If you don’t see the difference between race-based discrimination and a protection for marriage between a man and a woman, then I can’t help you on that,” he said.
- Posted: 02/01/2012
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- Category: ADF in the News
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- Source: www.hometownannapolis.com
- Tags: ADF: Brian Raum, ADF: Media Clips, Alliance Defense Fund, Category: Marriage and Family, State: Maryland, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Marriage
National Organization for Marriage v. McKee, No. 11-1196 (1st Cir. Jan. 31, 2012)
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge. This appeal presents the second chapter of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Maine laws imposing registration and disclosure requirements on entities that finance election-related advocacy. In a recent decision, we rejected claims made by one of the appellants here, the National Organization for Marriage (“NOM”), asserting that Maine’s laws regulating political action committees (“PACs”) are unconstitutionally vague and overbroad in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. See NOM v. McKee, 649 F.3d 34 (1st Cir. 2011) (“NOM I”). We now consider similar contentions raised by NOM and co-appellant American Principles in Action, Inc. (“APIA”) concerning the law applicable to ballot question committees (“BQCs”). See Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 21-A, § 1056-B. Our decision in NOM I effectively disposes of most of appellants’ challenges to Maine’s BQC requirements. On the only substantively distinct issue — the constitutionality of the definition of “contribution” in section 1056-B — we conclude that the BQC law, like the PAC laws, is constitutional. We thus affirm in its entirety the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants.
- Posted: 01/31/2012
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- Category: Religious Freedom
- Tags: Category: Marriage and Family, Category: Religious Freedom, Court: 1st Circuit, State: Maine, Topic: Elections, Topic: Marriage, ZZ: National Organization for Marriage v McKee
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