A Wisconsin court on Friday upheld the state’s marriage amendment, which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
A state resident had challenged the constitutionality of the amendment, which received support from 59 percent of voters in 2006. The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed a friend-of-the-court brief with Dane County Circuit Court in defense of the amendment.
“The government should promote and encourage strong families,” ADF Senior Counsel Austin R. Nimocks said. “The Wisconsin marriage amendment does that. Thankfully, political special interests were not allowed to trump the voice of the people of Wisconsin and the interests of families.”
