Atlanta, Georgia - Today, Liberty Counsel filed a Motion to Intervene on behalf of the Christian Coalition of Georgia in order to defend the passage of Georgia's Constitutional Amendment which defined marriage as one man and one woman. After 77% of Georgia voters supported the amendment in the 2004 elections, a law suit alleged that the amendment violated the "single subject rule," which prohibits laws having more than one subject matter. The Christian Coalition of Georgia is represented by Liberty Counsel, which is currently defending more than 30 challenges to marriage nationwide.

The constitutional amendment states: "No union between persons of the same sex shall be recognized by this state as entitled to the benefits of marriage. This state shall not give effect to any public act, record or judicial proceeding of any other state or jurisdiction respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other state or jurisdiction." Sadie Fields is the State Chairperson of the Christian Coalition of Georgia. The Coalition was actively involved in the passage of the amendment. Liberty Counsel has moved for intervention in order to receive party status on behalf of the Coalition in order to actively develop and implement litigation strategy to defend the Georgia Constitutional Amendment at every stage of litigation.

Mathew D. Staver, President and General Counsel of Liberty Counsel stated: "On November 2, the people of Georgia spoke loud and clear. When groups pushing the homosexual agenda fail to win at the ballot box they try to undermine democracy by using the courts to eliminate the voice of the people. Aggressive use of the courts to undermine marriage has backfired on the same-sex marriage movement. These recent efforts to challenge constitutional amendments will also backfire. The people of America are not about to idly stand by and watch marriage go up in smoke."