Falwell vows to take Lesbian Rights in Artificial Insemination to Supreme Court...

[Junkdrawer]

A Vermont lesbian won a legal victory last week when the Court of Appeals of Virginia urged a lower court to issue a new judgment recognizing Vermont’s authority in a protracted custody battle.

Janet Jenkins had previously been awarded liberal visitation rights by a Vermont family court but her former partner, Lisa Miller, with whom she had entered into a Vermont civil union, fought to overturn that ruling.

Tuesday’s ruling found that the lower Virginia court did not have the right to exercise jurisdiction when it granted sole parental rights in October 2004, to Miller, the birth mother.

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Mathew Staver, founder and chair of Liberty Counsel and dean of the Liberty University School of Law, represented Miller, who continues to refuse interview requests. He said his client is not deterred by the decision and intends to ask for a hearing in front of the entire Virginia appellate court, and is prepared to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The Liberty Counsel is affiliated with Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. In an August 2006 interview with the Blade, Price said the organization exists to thwart cases that involve advancement of equal rights for gays and lesbians.

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http://nyblade.com/2006/12-4/news/national /


I wonder if Mary Cheney's "condition" will affect whether this case goes that far...