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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 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)

Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning (12/01/2005)

Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning (12/01/2005)

Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning (12/01/2005)

Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning - State's Brief (12/01/2005)

Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning (12/01/2005)
American Psychological Association Amicus Brief

In re Marriage Cases - Respondents' Answering Brief in California First Appellate Court, Division Three (11/10/2005)

Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning - Plaintiff's Brief on Appeal (11/01/2005)

Alaska CLU v. State of Alaska - Decision (10/28/2005)

Florida's Anti-Gay Initiative - Answer Brief (10/12/2005)

Challenge to Florida's Anti-Gay Relationship Initiative brief (09/21/2005)

Samuels & Gallagher v. New York - Reply Brief of Plaintiffs/Appellants (09/07/2005)

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