Dear Marriage Supporter,
Here I am on C-Span's prestigious Washington Journal, talking about the March 26 March for Marriage, taking our case to the very steps of the Supreme Court!
On the 26th, as we are marching outside the Court, demanding justice for marriage and for democracy, inside the Justices of our highest court will hear jousting from lawyers on both sides.
Myriad Defenses for Marriage at the Court
Ryan Anderson over at the Heritage Foundation has done a good job highlighting and providing links to the more than 50 amicus briefs for marriage now before the Court.
A sampling from Ryan's roundup:
Former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese argues that same-sex and opposite-sex relationships are not similarly situated:
Given the near-universal view, across different societies and different times, that a principal, if not the principal, purpose of marriage is the channeling of the unique procreative abilities of opposite-sex relationships into a societally beneficial institution, it is clear that same-sex and opposite-sex couples are not similarly situated with respect to that fundamental purpose.
A group of international jurists and academics points out that "same-sex marriage is not required by international human rights norms."
The Attorneys General for 20 states filed a joint brief defending the rational basis of their states' marriage laws.
Read more at National Organization for Marriage Blog.
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