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In August, Dillard led 11 legislators of both parties in an amicus brief to a motion filed by the conservative Thomas More Society. The Society sought to dismiss a lawsuit against Illinois’s gay marriage ban filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Lambda Legal Defense Fund.
According to a press release from the Thomas More Society:
The legislators assert that the judicial branch should not rewrite the state’s marriage laws, stating that “to do so would be to place the court in a position of acting as a super-legislature, nullifying laws it does not like. That is not our proper role in a democratic society.” They also argue that such action would “dramatically interfere with the constitutional guarantee of separation of powers by which the general assembly is empowered to make public policy….”
The legislators also cite several sociological arguments stating that “… the marriage structure that helps children the most is a family headed by two biological parents ….” The legislators also supported the religious liberty concerns raised by the amicus brief, also filed this week by the Catholic Conference of Illinois, and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod also filed this week, who urged that “of great concern to us is hostility that may be shown to Illinois’ religious minorities” who oppose same-sex marriage.
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Kirk-Dillard-Says-You-Can-Take-Your-Gay-Marriage-And-Stuff-It-Up-Your-178127441.html#ixzz2wPz9bp00
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