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Nos. 12-144, 12-307I
N
T
HE
 upreme Court of the United tates
 ________________ D
ENNIS
H
OLLINGSWORTH
,
ET AL
.,
 Petitioners
,
v.
RISTIN
M.P
ERRY 
,
ET AL
.,
Respondents.
 ________________ U
NITED
S
TATES
,
 Petitioner
,
v.
E
DITH
S
CHLAIN
W
INDSOR
,
IN
H
ER
C
 APACITY AS
E
XECUTOR OF THE
E
STATE OF
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HEA
C
LARA
S
PYER
,andB
IPARTISAN
L
EGAL
 A
DVISORY
G
ROUP OF THE
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NITED
S
TATES
H
OUSE OF
R
EPRESENTATIVES
,
Respondents
. ________________ 
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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ELEN
M.A
LVARÉ
G
EORGE
M
 ASON
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NIVERSITY
S
CHOOL OF
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. A
RLINGTON
,VA22201(703)993-9845halvare@gmu.edu
 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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