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WASHINGTON, D.C. , March 21, 2013 ( Heritage Foundation ) - If the Supreme Court justices —wrongly—look to foreign law to resolve the question of whether marriage may be defined as the union of one man and one woman, they will discover that the traditional definition of marriage is almost universally followed. An  amicus brief filed with the Court  by a group of international jurists and academics makes just that case. These scholars point out that not until the year 2000 did any political body recognize same-sex unions as marriages, and even today only 12 jurisdictions outside the United States do so. They argue that “same-sex marriage is not required by international human rights norms”: The European Court of Justice , the European Court of Human Rights , the United Nations Human Rights Committee , the French Constitutional Court, the Italian Constitutional Court , the German Federal Constitutional Court , and the New Zealand Court of Appeal have all rejected t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. , March 14, 2013, ( Heritage Foundation ) - Scholars have filed more than 50 amicus briefs with the Supreme Court urging it to uphold California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). While the media seems intent on ignoring these briefs and  hyping the briefs on the other side , the sheer number and quality of the briefs in defense of laws recognizing marriage as the union of a man and a woman is impressive. Austin Nimocks, Senior Counsel at the  Alliance Defending Freedom , explains the significance: During the Supreme Court’s 2011-2012 term, an average of only 10 amicus briefs per case were filed. And in the historic landmark case of  Roe v. Wade , only 26 total amicus briefs were filed. By comparison a combined total of 58 amicus briefs were filed in support of Prop 8 and DOMA. The pro-marriage arguments are deep, rich, well-reasoned, common sense- and common good-based, and worthy of serious reflection by the Cour...