It is my joy and privilege to announce that Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (FLGBTQC) (http://flgbtqc.quaker.org/)
has joined many other faith groups on a friend of the court brief filedon October 4 by Kramer Levin in Smith v Wright, the Arkansas marriage
equality case before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. (More info here:
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/states/entry/c/arkansas.)
Yet again I will tell you that, as with the other Kramer-Levin briefs we've signed on to, I highly
recommend reading this. It's easy to read, and brilliant. And
super-encouraging for people of faith, and people in faith communities,
who support marriage equality for same-sex couples -- and also who are working to prevent some faiths from being legally privileged over others.
You can read the brief here:
http://bit.ly/SmithBrief
Or here:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/241838146/CV-14-427-Faith-Leaders-Amicus-Brief
More information, and a list of briefs, at:
http://stasa.net/resources/quaker-friends-resources/court-briefs
Congratulations to all the signatories! And deep gratitude to everyone who worked on this brief.
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