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Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom
1 South 6th Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807-3510
PRESS RELEASE
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Contact: James Bopp, Jr.
Phone: 812/232-2434; Fax: 812/235-3685;
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Protect Marriage Washington Files Supreme Court Brief to Protect Privacy of Petition Signers
Protect Marriage Washington filed its opening brief today in the United States Supreme Court case of Doe #1 v. Reed. Protect Marriage Washington sponsored a referendum in Washington and is asking the Supreme Court to prevent the state from releasing the names, addresses, and other personal information of more than 138,000 individuals that signed the petition.
The effort to place the names of the petition signers on the internet is the latest example of the campaign to harass and intimidate anyone supporting traditional marriage by making personal information available on the internet. Their efforts have resulted in death threats, physical violence, and property damage directed at individuals supporting a traditional definition of marriage.
James Bopp,Jr., lead counsel for Protect Marriage Washington, stated that "Public disclosure laws have been used to harass and intimidate voters. The First Amendment protects citizens engaged in political speech from being forced to reveal their identity to ensure that intimidation does not makes its way into the campaign toolbox. No one should have to endure death threats in order to stand up for what they believe in."
On September 10, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued an order preventing the release of the names of the petition signers. On October 15, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued a single page order allowing the release of the names. On October 20, 2009, the Supreme Court issued an emergency order preventing the release of the names until the appeal is decided.
The case is Doe #1 v. Reed. It will be argued before the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Protect Marriage Washington's opening brief, along with the prior orders in the case, are available on the website of the James Madison Center for Free Speech, http://www.jamesmadisoncenter.org/WA/Ref71/Index.html under the "Washington Referendum 71 Petition Suit" heading.
James Bopp, Jr. has a national federal and state election law practice. He is General Counsel for the James Madison Center for Free Speech and former Co-Chairman of the Election Law Subcommittee of the Federalist Society.
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Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom
1 South 6th Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807-3510
PRESS RELEASE
Friday January 15, 2010
Contact: James Bopp, Jr.
Phone: 812/232-2434; Fax: 812/235-3685;
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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Washington Case on Release of Petition Signers
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear a case that asks it to decide whether the Washington Secretary of State may release the names, addresses, and other personal information of over 138,000 individuals who signed a referendum petition seeking to protect traditional marriage in Washington.
As seen in Washington, California, and across the country, when an election involves traditional marriage, the availability of personal information on the internet has led to the harassment and intimidation of those who support traditional marriage. Those supporting traditional marriage have been subject to death threats, physical violence, and property damage because of laws requiring the personal information of supporters of traditional marriage to be made available on the internet. Protect Marriage Washington, the group that asked the Court to hear this case, is seeking to prevent the release of the personal information of the individuals who signed the referendum petition to protect traditional marriage in Washington, and uphold the right of Washington citizens to speak freely without fear of harassment or intimidation.
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Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Christ, is more than just a holiday and a tradition. Jesus Christ IS the Son of God, born of the virgin Mary.
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He opened the gates of heaven and brought all of mankind the hope of eternal salvation as the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Christ taught us that the truth would set us free. Faith, freedom and the love of truth is what our founding fathers fought so hard for as they established this great nation and threw off the yoke of King George III and the British empire proclaiming, "We have no King...no King but King Jesus!"
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore, keep standing firm and do not be subject to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1)
The story of Christ and His glory and the hope He brings to all mankind has now spread to the entire globe and provides comfort to all who will simply believe and follow Him. The Christmas holiday season has been, for hundreds of years, synonymous with countless acts of sacrifice, charity, brotherly love, and kindness.
 It is our prayer for Christmas 2009 that we Americans, and especially those of us who live in politically correct Washington State, will remember from Whom it is that all blessings flow, so that we might remain an unshackled and free people, able to celebrate and publicly proclaim the wonders of the joyous and blessed Christmas season! Amen.
Merry Christmas from the Washington Values Alliance!
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December 13, 2009 - In the wake of the Referendum 71 campaign and prior to the upcoming 2010 Legislative Session (which is scheduled to begin January 11), now is a good time for some introspection and contemplation of the future for Washington families. While we all need a break from politics at times, we must not forget the urgency of the situation at hand.
We remain in a very serious crisis here in Washington, living under the dominion of the most liberal legislature and Governor in state history. While it is certain that outside of the greater Seattle area we are NOT a liberal state, we are hamstrung politically by the lack of representation by those who espouse traditional values in our government.
University of Washington professor of geography and expert in urban demographics (Dick Morrill) has done some extensive analysis of the R-71 vote and written an informative and fascinating article "We Are Two States: Seattle and Washington". He writes that there is an "indisputable polarization in what we might call the modernist-traditionalist divide". He continues:
"Referendum 71 passed by a 53 to 47 percent vote, revealing the power of the King County electorate, which alone provided a margin of 104,000 of the statewide margin of 113,000. It points again to what a statistical outlier Seattle is among cities, what I called in an earlier article, "Extreme Seattle."
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November 18, 2009 - Not that we didn't expect it, but the R-71 campaign was handicapped by the bias of our incredibly liberal and increasingly shameless statewide media complex. Like a mantra, the ACCEPT R-71 campaign's talking points were reflexively repeated by nearly every Washington State newspaper, radio, and TV station. How many times did we hear or read that "SB 5688 and R-71 is not about marriage, but domestic partnerships...period"?
While we live in difficult times, the truth still comes out in the wash. While browsing through R-71 articles posted on the web, I found an honest column written by the other side - printed a week AFTER Election Day, of course.
Please click here to read "Gays to the Anti-71 Camp: You were Right, This IS about Marriage".
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Having recently celebrated my 10th wedding anniversery, I had (pleasantly) almost forgotten some of the personal failures I encountered in life prior to giving my total commitment to follow Jesus Christ. This past week I was reminded of some of those failures by some of the media folks because of my involvement with Referendum 71 and Protect Marriage Washington.
The attacks on my character have served to solidify my resolve and to remind me (after some self reflection) as to why I took up this battle in the first place.
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