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The Alternatives to Marriage Project: No to Judge Leah Spears

By Kevin Maillard

AtMP, a nonprofit organization that advocates for equality and fairness for people who are not married, has issued this statement regarding the potential nomination of Leah Spears to the Supreme Court.  Nicky Grist, the Executive Director of the organization, has written:

Justice Sears is a board member of the Institute for American Values, an organization whose publications consistently argue that family forms other than a married mother and father threaten child well-being and the very fabric of society. Last year, she arranged for the Georgia Supreme Court to co-host a two-day, public conference with IAV, thus giving an official, state imprimatur to a highly contested viewpoint with enormous implications for public policy. The conference excluded eminent researchers and academics whose views diverge from those of IAV about what causes bad child outcomes and where to look for solutions. The program was dominated by opponents of gay and lesbian parents and/or marriage for same-sex couples. Justice Sears had no business aligning her court with one side of a controversial family policy agenda. That disqualifies her from serving on the US Supreme Court.

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).