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| Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.), who is facing a tough re-election campaign, has put her work on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage on hold. She said she intends to wait and see what the voters and the courts think about the amendment before taking further action. (Photo by AP) |
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In Tennessee, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Tennessee Equality Project are suing the state, claiming that it failed to give adequate public notice before approving the language of a proposed marriage amendment.
More than 90 lawmakers in Tennessee have voluntarily joined the suit to defend the state’s actions. The lawmakers are represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a religious legal group.
The ADF, which was founded by James Dobson of Focus on the Family, now represents public servants, “fairly often,” ADF attorney Dale Schowengerdt said.
“Our representation complements and supplements that of the State Attorney General,” Schowengerdt said. “Because we have represented cases all over the country we bring a perspective that is helpful.”
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