On Thursday, April 17, at 9 a.m., Mat Staver is scheduled to present oral argument in defense of Lisa Miller and her five-year-old daughter at the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond, Virginia. This is a precedent-setting legal battle between Virginia and Vermont over same-sex unions and the rights of fit, biological parents against unrelated third-parties.

Please pray for Mat, as he argues the case. Pray for wisdom for the justices who will be hearing and deciding this case that is vitally important for Lisa Miller and the future of her innocent little girl. This case is also important to guarantee that one state cannot undermine another state’s support for the traditional family.

Lisa Miller is the fit, biological mother of a daughter, with whom Janet Jenkins has neither a biological nor an adoptive relationship. In 2000, while living in Virginia, Lisa and Janet entered into a Vermont civil union. Lisa gave birth to her child in Virginia through artificial insemination from an anonymous donor and her daughter was born in Virginia, but the relationship ended when Janet became abusive and Lisa became a Christian. Janet wants to have custody of Lisa's daughter while continuing in her own lesbian lifestyle.

The argument will focus on Virginia’s Marriage Affirmation Act and the state's marriage amendment, which both declare that marriage is the union of one man and one woman and that Virginia does not recognize civil unions or domestic partnerships. The federal Defense of Marriage Act will also be used, as it is designed to protect one state from being forced to recognize another state’s same-sex union.

If the Virginia Supreme Court decision clashes with the Vermont Supreme Court, which granted parental rights and frequent visitation to Janet, who lives in Vermont, the case will automatically be heard by the United States Supreme Court.

Matt Barber of Concerned Women for America has posted an exclusive interview with Rena Lindevaldsen, Assistant Professor at the Liberty University School of Law and “of counsel” for Liberty Counsel on the CWA web site, www.cwfa.org.

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