Adversarial legal system or not? Undermining the judiciary through rigged...
For courts to proceed with litigation and appeals all the way to a final decision under such a lack of a robust adversarial process undermines the legitimacy of the final decision and of the judiciary...
View ArticleMarriage Law Digest Online
The December 2008 Marriage Law Digest is now available online. It is published by the Marriage Law Foundation and the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy. This issue covers the following: 1) VAN...
View ArticleNM: Domestic partnerships battle resumes; clears 1st hurdle
Carlsbad Current-Argus: Unmarried couples would get the same rights and privileges as their married counterparts under a bill recommended Wednesday by a Senate Committee.The Senate Public Affairs...
View ArticleJanuary 2009 Marriage Law Digest Online
The January 2009 Marriage Law Digest published by the Marriage Law Foundation and Institute for Marriage and Public Policy is now online.
View ArticleLesbian Couple Seeking Divorce In New Jersey
AP: “A judge is expected to rule Friday on whether a lesbian couple legally married in Canada can be divorced in New Jersey. The state attorney general’s office opposes the request, which is the first...
View Article“Poll finds Mainers split on same-sex marriage issue”
Bangor Daily News: "Two conservative attorneys, William C. Duncan, director of the Marriage Law Foundation in Lehi, Utah, and Austin R. Nimocks, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund,...
View ArticleThe Olson/Boies Challenge to California’s Proposition 8: A High-Risk Effort
John W. Dean writes at Findlaw: "It would be wonderful if Olson and Boies were to succeed. It will be a disaster if they fail. While they will go on to their next big case, untold thousands in the LGBT...
View ArticleAlaska: Revised Sexual Orientation Ordinance
KTVA.com: "The city is revising its gay rights proposal and clarifying what it would mean if the assembly decides to pass it. The controversial ordinance looks to add sexual orientation to the city's...
View ArticleMarriage Law Digest July 2009 Now Online
The July 2009 Marriage Law Digest, edited by Bill Duncan of the Marriage Law Foundation, is now available online at http://www.marriagedebate.com. This month's topics include: WISCONSIN V. PRYES, 2009...
View ArticleAugust 2009 Marriage Law Digest Online
The August 2009 Marriage Law Digest, edited by Bill Duncan of the Marriage Law Foundation, is now available online at http://www.marriagedebate.com. This month's topics include: BOSEMAN V. JARELL, No....
View Article“What If Joey Has Two Daddies?”?
William C. Duncan writes at the Ruth Institute Blog: "A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently issued an opinion ordering the State of Louisiana to issue an...
View ArticleWilliam Duncan: Same-sex marriage: The tortuous road to the Supreme Court
SCOTUSblog: The Marriage Law Foundation’s William Duncan describes obstacles to U.S. Supreme Court review of the constitutional claim for same-sex marriage and explores the implications of the way...
View ArticleStriking down DOMA a ‘results-driven, outcome-oriented decision,’ critics say
LifeSiteNews: Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Dale Schowengerdt said the “federal government had the authority to step in against polygamy at one time in our nation’s history, and it has the...
View ArticleFederal Courts Rushing To Declare Doma Unconstitutional | The New American
The New American: The ADF’s Dale Schowengerdt argued that Wilken’s reasoning was outrageous. “To say that a law that was passed overwhelmingly by Congress is the product of animus is — I don’t know how...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage symposium: Time for an answer – does the Constitution...
William Duncan at the SCOTUS Blog: The following contribution to our same-sex marriage symposium comes from William C. Duncan. Mr. Duncan is director of the Marriage Law Foundation and filed an amicus...
View ArticleCommentary on marriage grants: Opportunity for the Court to right some wrongs...
William Duncan at the SCOTUS Blog: Now that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeals of one of the decisions striking down DOMA and the Proposition 8 case, the Court’s focus should turn to...
View ArticleJudge Softens Utah’s Anti-Polygamy Law To Mixed Reactions | NPR
NPR: Bill Duncan, director of the Marriage Law Foundation and a conservative legal scholar who opposes legalizing polygamy, says the increasing acceptance of same-sex marriage played a role in the...
View ArticleUtah AG Sean Reyes takes oath, poised to appeal marriage ruling
Deseret News: Just moments after being sworn in Monday, Attorney General Sean Reyes told reporters the state is ready to file a request with the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay in the federal court...
View ArticleUtah Federal Judge Takes Wrecking Ball to Marriage Laws | MO FPC
MO Family Policy Council: Bryan Babione, senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, urged Utah state officials to vigorously defend the constitutional prerogatives of Utah residents. "The...
View Article10th Circuit sets ‘expedited’ schedule for appeal of Amendment 3
Deseret News: The state is to file its opening brief by Jan. 27. The response brief from attorneys for gay couple Derek Kitchen and Moudi Sbeity, and lesbian couples Laurie Wood and Kody Partridge, and...
View ArticleUtah asks Supreme Court to stay decision on marriage
Washington Post: Utah Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to stay a decision by a federal judge, who said the state’s ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional, and to stop the unions that have been...
View ArticleUtah: Procreation argument dropped in stay application
Salt Lake Tribune: Instead, the state talks about child-rearing without discussing how children may be produced. Utah argues one reason it is likely to ultimately prevail in reversing legalization of...
View Article“We’ll always have Utah?” Marriage redefinition proponents look to courts for...
The Economist: But, says Fred Sainz of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights group, “all the low-hanging fruit is gone”. Most of the 32 outstanding bans are in state constitutions and cannot be...
View Article“Court ruling on gay marriage opens door to same-sex divorce in Utah”
Deseret News: A federal court ruling striking down Utah’s law defining marriage as between a man and a woman made it possible for same-sex couples to legally marry. It also made it possible for...
View Article“Same sex marriage plaintiffs” file Supreme Court response to Utah
How Appealing links to the filing and several reports on the matter.
View ArticleUtah’s Motion to Stay Ruling Against Marriage Laws | Ed Whalen at NRO
Ed Whalen at National Review: Now that I’m back from Christmas break, here’s some follow-up on my previous posts about federal district judge Robert J. Shelby’s astounding refusal to stay pending...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court stops Utah same-sex “marriages”
How Appealing links to the order and several reports.
View ArticlePolygamy bill held up pending Utah legal case
Deseret News: "A proposal to strip away a key part of Utah's polygamy laws was scrapped for this year because of a pending legal case, a state lawmaker said Monday. Rep. Jerry Anderson, R-Price, said...
View ArticleOpenly gay judge, Michael McShane, in spotlight overseeing Oregon case
The Oregonian: "Unlike the five federal judges who have struck down laws prohibiting same-sex marriages in other states in recent months, McShane won't have anyone in the courtroom defending Oregon's...
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