The Issues:
Marriage Equality
Amicus Briefs
Here is a complete list of organizations who have filed amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) briefs on behalf of the plaintiffs in Conaway v. Deane and Polyak, Equality Maryland and the ACLU's marriage equality lawsuit. Click on each heading to read the full brief in PDF format.
State and National Religious Organizations and Leaders in Support of Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
Adelphi Friends Meeting
Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons
American Catholic Church in the United States
American Friends Services Committee
Augustana Lutheran Church
Baltimore Ethical Society
Believers Covenant Fellowship
Bethesda United Church of Christ
Bolton Street Synagogue
Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Chesapeake Bay Unitarian Universalist Association of Ministers
Christ the Servant Lutheran Church
Congregation Beit Tikvah
Dignity/Washington
Faith Presbyterian Church
First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church
First and St. Stephen's United Church of Christ
First Unitarian Church of Baltimore
Govans Presbyterian Church
Integrity/Baltimore
Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
Light Street Presbyterian Church
Vestry of Memorial Episcopal Church
Metropolitan Community Church of Baltimore
Metropolitan Community Church of the Chesapeake
National Coalition of American Nuns
National Council of Jewish Women, Inc.
New Covenant Metropolitan Community Church
New Light Metropolitan Community Church
New Ways Ministry
Steering Committee of the Parents Reconciling Network
Roland Park Presbyterian Church
St. John United Church (United Methodist/Presbyterian (USA))
Moderator and Session of Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, PC (USA)
That All May Freely Serve: Baltimore, Inc.
Board of Trustees of the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia, Maryland
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hartford County
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice of the Baltimore Washington
Region
United Church of Christ Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Concerns
Unity Fellowship Church of Baltimore
Additionally, 107 religious leaders from a diverse
range of faiths are amici in the case.
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund on the Relevance of Interracial Marriage to Same-Sex Marriage
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Mental Health Organizations in Support of Equal Treatment for Same-Sex Couples and Their Children
American Psychological Association
Maryland Psychological Association
Baltimore Psychological Association
American Psychiatric Association
Maryland Chapters of the National Association of Social Workers and the American Academy of Pediatrics Confirming that Lesbians and Gay Men are Capable Parents
National Association of Social Workers
Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers
Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Ellen C. Perrin, M.D.
Judith Stacey
Timothy Biblarz
Historians and State and National Civil Rights Organizations Explaining the History and Evolution of Marriage
Organization of American Historians
Bar Association of Baltimore City
Maryland Latino Coalition for Justice
Maryland NOW
National Lawyer's Guild -- Maryland
Public Justice Center
James & Colette Roberts
City of Takoma Park
The Women's Law Center of Maryland
Asian American Justice Center
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Freedom to Marry
Legal Momentum
National Organization of Women Foundation
Southern Poverty Law Center
34 Individual Historians and Scholars
Maryland Law Professors Analyzing Maryland Constitutional Law in Support of Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
Amici are 58 law professors and faculty members at the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore Schools of Law.
State and National LGBT Organizations Describing the History of Discrimination Against Lesbians, Gay Men and their Families
Equality Maryland, Inc.
Families With Pride
Gay Fathers Coalition
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore
and Central Maryland
Maryland Lesbian & Gay Law Association
PFLAG Baltimore
PFLAG Columbia/Howard County
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Matrimonial Lawyers Describing Harms to Families of Same-Sex Couples on Account of Exclusion from Marriage
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Maryland Chapter
Organizations Representing Constituencies Subject to Rational Basis Review Discussing the Proper Application of the Standard
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Maryland Disability Law Center
Maryland Adapt
National Council on Independent Living
National Mental Health Association
National Senior Citizens Law Center
People for the American Way