ACLJ Appeals Domestic Partnership Ruling in Maryland.Business Editors & Legal Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000 The American Center The American Center is a high-rise tower in Southfield, Michigan. It was built in 1975 and stands at 26 floors, with one basement floor, for a total of 27. The building's main use is that of a typical office tower. It also includes a parking garage and retail spaces. for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it is appealing a decision by a Maryland judge dismissing a lawsuit brought by the ACLJ ACLJ American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (Washington, DC) challenging the domestic partnership law in Montgomery County, Maryland Montgomery County of the U.S. state of Maryland is situated just north of Washington, D.C. and Southwest of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the nation[1], and has the highest percentage (29. . "This is a minor bump in the road in a lengthy legal battle that we believe will ultimately result in a finding that the Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
The ACLJ filed suit in Montgomery County Circuit Court in May 2000 on behalf of eleven Montgomery County residents and employees challenging the Montgomery County law allowing same-sex partners of county employees to qualify for health, insurance, and other benefits. In a decision issued yesterday, Circuit Court Judge James Chapin Dr James Paul Chapin (1889-1964) was an American ornithologist. Chapin was joint leader (with Herbert Lang) of the Lang-Chapin expedition which made a biological survey of the Belgian Congo between 1909 and 1915. He was the author of Birds of the Belgian Congo (1932). dismissed the lawsuit. McCarthy said an appeal would be filed today with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals The Maryland Court of Special Appeals is the intermediate appellate court for the U.S. state of Maryland. The Court of Special Appeals was created in 1966 in response to the rapidly-growing caseload in the Maryland Court of Appeals. . "This is a case that involves an attempt to re-define family - an attempt that we believe will ultimately fail," said McCarthy. "There is precedent from Maryland's highest court rejecting any statute that endorses same-sex marriage or common-law marriage common-law marriage: see under husband and wife. common-law marriage Marriage that is without a civil or religious ceremony and is based on the parties' agreement to consider themselves married and usually also on their cohabitation for a period of . The Montgomery County law authorizing domestic partnerships fits into that category. The real question is whether the state of Maryland will permit counties to enact same-sex domestic partnership bills equating domestic partners with spouses." The ACLJ has been at the forefront in challenging domestic partnership laws around the country and recently succeeded in overturning the domestic partnership law in Boston. The ACLJ is an international public interest law firm and educational organization with offices nationwide. The ACLJ focuses on pro-family, pro-life, and pro-liberty issues. The ACLJ web site address is www.aclj.org. |
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