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In re Marriage Cases - Friend-of-the-Court Brief Filed on Behalf of Religious Organizations and Religiously Affiliated Individuals (01/09/2006)
Supporting Organizations and Individuals:

• Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons
• Al-Fatiha Foundation
• Dignity USA
• Executive Committee of the American Friends Service Committee
• General Synod of the United Church of Christ
• Soka Gakkai International-USA
• The Union for Reform Judaism
• The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
• Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
• California Church IMPACT
• The California Council of Churches
• California Faith for Equality
• Council of Churches of Santa Clara County
• Friends Committee on Legislation of California
• Jews for Marriage Equality (Southern California)
• Pacific Central District Chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association
• Pacific Southwest Council on the Union of Reform Judaism
• Pacific Southwest District Chapter of the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association
• Progressive Christians Uniting
• Reconciling Ministries Clergy of the California-Nevada Conference of the United Methodists
• Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry – California

In re Marriage Cases - Friend-of-the-Court Brief Filed on Behalf of Additional California and National LGBT Organizations (01/09/2006)
Supporting Organizations:

• Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
• Family Pride
• Human Rights Campaign
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation
• Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
• National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
• Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc.
• SacLEGAL
• Tom Homann Law Association

Morrison v. Boyd Co. Board of Education - Brief in Response to Alliance Defense Fund and Board of Education's Motions for Summary Judgment (01/09/2006)

In re Marriage Cases - Friend-of-the-Court Brief Filed on Behalf of Civil Rights Organizations (01/09/2006)
Supporting Organizations:

• AGUILAS
• Asian American Justice Center
• Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
• Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women and Transgender Network
• Asian Pacific Islander Pride Council
• Bienestar Human Services
• Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
• Equal Justice Society
• Japanese American Bar Association
• La Raza Centro Legal
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Multicultural Bar Alliance of Los Angeles
• National Black Justice Coalition
• National Lawyers Guild of San Francisco
• People for the American Way Foundation
• United Lesbians of African Heritage
• Ventura County Black Attorneys Association
• Zuna Institute

In re Marriage Cases - Friend-of-the-Court Brief Filed on Behalf of California, Massachusetts and National LGBT Organizations (01/09/2006)
Supporting Organizations:

• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
• MassEquality
• The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• Freedom to Marry

In re Marriage Cases - Friend-of-the-Court Brief Filed on Behalf of Asian Pacific Islander Groups (01/09/2006)
Supporting Organizations:

• Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
• Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
• Asian American Justice Center
• Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Asian Equality, Asian Law Alliance
• Asian Law Caucus
• Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
• Asian and Pacific Islander Equality
• Asian Pacific Islander Family Pride
• Asian Pacific Islander Health Forum
• Asian and Pacific Islander Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays
• Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center
• Asian Women’s Shelter
• Asian Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership
• Chinese for Affirmative Action
• Chinese Progressive Association
• Filipinos for Affirmative Action
• Gay Asian Pacific Alliance
• Gay Asian Pacific Support Network
• Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific Asian North American Religion
• Japanese American Bar Association
• Japanese American Citizens League
• Korean Community Center of the East Bay
• My Sister’s House
• Organization of Chinese Americans, San Francisco Chapter
• Southeast Asian Community Center
• Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California

In re Marriage Cases - Friend-of-the-Court Brief Filed on Behalf of Women's Rights Organizations (01/06/2006)
Supporting Organizations:

• California Women’s Law Center
• Legal Momentum (formerly, the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund)
• Professor Herma Hill Kay
• Equal Rights Advocates
• Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center
• Queen’s Bench Bar Association of the San Francisco Bay Area

In re Marriage Cases - Friend-of-the-Court Brief Filed on Behalf of International Human Rights Organizations and Law Professors (01/06/2006)
Supporting Organizations and Individuals:

• University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, International Human Rights Clinic
• Women’s Institute for Leadership Development
• Mayo Moran, Dean, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Ontario, Canada
• Brenda Cossman, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Ontario, Canada
• Sujit Choudhry, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Ontario, Canada
• Robert Wintemute, School of Law, King’s College, University of London, United Kingdom
• Paul Schiff Berman, University of Connecticut School of Law, W. Hartford, Connecticut
• Kenji Yoshino, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
• Beth Van Schaack, Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California
• William Aceves, California Western School of Law, San Diego, California
• Margaret L. Satterthwaite, New York University School of Law, New York, New York
• Barbara Cox, California Western School of Law, San Diego, California

Morrison v. Boyd Co. Board of Education - Brief in Support of Summary Judgment (12/20/2005)

Salt Lake City Domestic Partnerships (12/20/2005)

Howard v. Arkansas - American Psychological Association friend-of-the-court brief (12/19/2005)

Howard v. Arkansas - LGBT Organizations' friend-of-the-court brief (12/19/2005)

Howard v. Arkansas - CWLA & AR Advocates friend-of-the-court brief (12/19/2005)

Howard v. Arkansas - Select Quotes from Friend-of-the-Court Briefs (12/19/2005)