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| A custody dispute between former couple Janet (left) and Lisa Miller-Jenkins has triggered a lengthy legal battle that some say could lead to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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By: ELIZABETH A. PERRY COMMENTS
 
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became a Christian.
“The Liberty Counsel defends traditional marriage as between a man and a woman,” he said. “In this case there are national implications regarding the sovereignty of states to set their own marriage policies regarding same-sex unions, whether marriage or civil unions.”
Staver insists his client is no longer a lesbian, but even if she was, he said the Liberty Counsel would have taken the case because of the legal implications involved.
“Lisa became a Christian,” he said. “She didn’t want to be in the lesbian lifestyle anymore.”
The Liberty Counsel is affiliated with Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Price said the organization exists to pursue cases that involve advancement of equal rights for gays and lesbians. He also said that representation is offered for free for such cases, and that Lisa Miller-Jenkins has distributed pictures of herself and her daughter to be used in ads for Vermont Renewal, another conservative religious organization helping with Lisa’s defense.
“Lisa indicates she is no longer a lesbian and that she is straight now,” said Price. “She claims she was coerced into the relationship. It seems like an obviously self-serving statement and that she would not get the help of organizations like Liberty Counsel if she said she was still a lesbian.”
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