Nos. 12-144, 12-307I
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ENNIS
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OLLINGSWORTH
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Petitioners
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v.
K
RISTIN
M.P
ERRY
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ET AL
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Respondents.
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TATES
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Respondents
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On Writs of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Second Circuits
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BRIEF OF
AMICUS CURIAE
HELEN M. ALVARÉIN SUPPORT OF HOLLINGSWORTH AND BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORYGROUP ADDRESSING THEMERITS AND SUPPORTING REVERSAL
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Amicus Curiae
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS..............................................iTABLE OF AUTHORITIES......................................iiiINTEREST OF
AMICUS CURIAE
.............................1SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT............................1 ARGUMENT................................................................5I.THE STATE HAS AT LEAST A LEGITIMATE, BUT MORELIKELY A COMPELLING, INTERESTIN SINGLING OUT OPPOSITE-SEX MARRIAGE FOR PROTECTION, SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE EQUAL PROTECTIONCLAUSE........5II.THIS COURT HAS REGULARLY AND FREQUENTLY RECOGNIZED WITH APPROVAL THE IMPORTANCE OF STATES’ INTERESTS INTHE PROCREATIVE ASPECTS OF OPPOSITE-SEX MARRIAGE. WHILE IT HAS ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT MARRIAGE SERVES ADULTS’ INTERESTS INHAPPINESS AND STABILITY, THE COURT HAS NOT ISOLATED THESE FROM THE PROCREATIVE ASPECTS OF MARRIAGE...................................................9 A.States have substantial interest in the birth of children................................10B.States have substantial interest in the way marriage socializes children.....12
iiC.The view of marriage advocated by Plaintiffs in
Perry
and
Windsor
ignores children and society.............15III.REDEFINING MARRIAGE IN A WAY THAT DE-LINKS SEX, MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN CAN HARM THE MOST VULNERABLE AMERICANSAND EXACERBATE THE “MARRIAGE GAP,” WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING LEVELS OFSOCIAL INEQUALITY IN AMERICA......................23CONCLUSION..........................................................35
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