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Foundation for Moral Law
Company typenon-profit organization
IndustryReligious Liberties
Founded2002, Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
HeadquartersMontgomery, Alabama
Key people
Judge Roy Moore, Founder & President Emeritus
Kayla Moore, President
Websitewww.morallaw.org

Located in Montgomery, Alabama, the Foundation for Moral Law is a 501(c)(3) corporation operating as a non-profit organization with a mission to protect individual religious liberties rights contemplated in the United States Constitution.[1] According to the Foundation's website, it participates in two main functions. First, it provides legal representation for people involved in situations concerning religious liberties,[2] such as those who believe that creationism should be taught in public schools and those who believe that the U.S. military ban on homosexuality was constitutional.[3] The Foundation also publishes amici curiae court briefs in advocating these rights.[2]

A second pursuit of the organization is to educate lawyers and non-lawyers of what the Foundation perceive as a significant need to acknowledge God, in both law and government.[2]

Pastor Phillip Ellen was the first President The Foundation for Moral Law in December 2002.[4] Randy Stafford acted as Vice-President at that time, and Mel C. Glenn Sr., as Executive Director.[4] In November 2003, the board chose Rich Hobson as president of the Foundation, and Ellen became vice-president.[4] Later, Judge Roy Moore served as the President of the Foundation, and Hobson served as Executive Director.[4] In January 2013 it was announced Moore's wife, Kayla Moore, would serve as President of the Foundation.[5][6]

The organization says that it exists "to restore the knowledge of God in law and government and to acknowledge and defend the truth that man is endowed with rights, not by our fellow man, but by God!"[4]

The Foundation has provided representation or acted as amicus curiae in the following cases:

  • Oliver v. Quarterman 2008[7]
  • Etowah Baptist Association v. Entrekin(2009)[8]
  • Personhood Oklahoma v. Barber(2012)[9]
  • Gonzales v. Carhart (2006)[10]
  • American Atheists v. Kentucky (2010)[11]
  • Roark v. South Iron R-1 School District (2008)[12]
  • Winkler v. Rumsfeld (2005)[13]
  • Selman v. Cobb County, Georgia (2005)[14]
  • Surles v. City of Ashville, Alaabama (2009)[15]
  • Barber v. Jefferson County Racing Association, et al. (2006)[16]
  • Marcavage v. Rendell (2008)[17]
  • Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America (2011)[18]
  • Ward v. Wilbanks (2010)[19]
  • Ex parte N.B (2009)[20]
  • Awad v. Ziriax (2010)[21]
  • MocDonald v. City of Chicago, Illinois (2009)[22]
  • District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)[23]
  • Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation (2007)[24]
  • Hollingsworth v. Perry (2012)[25]
  • Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2011)[26]
  • Croft v. Governor of Texas (2008)[27]
  • Newdow v. Congress (2006)[28]
  • Jan Roe, et al. v. Rio Linda School District, et al. (2006)[29]
  • Freedom From Religion Foundation v. United States, Hanover School District (2010)[30]
  • American United for Separation of Church and State v. Prison Fellowship Ministries (2006)[31]
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Michael Marcavage (2008)[32]
  • Galloway v. Town of Freece (2011)[33]
  • Doe v. Indian River School District (2010)[34]
  • Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Barack Obama (2010)[35]
  • Joyner v. Forsyth County, North Carolina (2010)[36]
  • Pelphrey v. Cobb County, Georgia (2007)[37]
  • District of Columbia v. Ante, Katherine and Christan Pavkovic (2007)[38]
  • Hinrichs v. Bosma (2006)[39]
  • Doe v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board (2005)[40]
  • Colorado Christian University v. Baker[41]
  • Mt. Soledad Memorial Association v. Trunk (2012)[42]
  • ACLU of Ohio v. Judge James DeWesse (2009)[43]
  • Judge James DeWeese v. ACLU of Ohio (2011)[44]
  • Salazar v. Buono (2009)[45]
  • ACLU of Kentucky v. McCreary County, Kentucky (2009)[46]
  • American Atheists v. Duncan (2008)[47]
  • Utah Highway Patrol Association v. American Atheists, Inc. (2011)[48]
  • Pleasant grove City, Utah v. Summum (2008)[49]
  • Weinbaum v. City of Las Cruces, New Mexico (2007)[50]
  • Green v. Haskell County Board of Commissioners (2007)[51]
  • Van Orden v. Perry (2005)[52]
  • McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU of Kentucky (2005)[53]
  • Staley v. Harris County, Texas (2005)[54]
  • ACLU of Nebraska v. City of Plattsmouth, NE (2004)[55]
  • Glassroth v. Moore (2003)[56]
  • In the Matter of Roy S. Moore, Chief Justice of Alabama (2003)[57]
  • Roy S. Moore v. Judicial Inquiry Commission (2004)[58]
  • Roy S. Moore v. Judicial Inquiry Commission (2004)[59]
  • State of Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services (2012)[60]

References

  1. ^ "Business Entity Records - Alabama Secretary of State". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "About". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Our Legal Cases". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "About". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Kayla Moore". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ^ "The Foundation for Moral Law Names Kayla Moore as President and Attorney Joshua Pendergrass as Executive Director". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ^ http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx%3Fid=831992
  8. ^ http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20081103/NEWS01/811030286 Hobson, Jr., Kenneth (2008-11-03). "Etowah Baptist Association appeals bingo ruling". Gadsden Times.
  9. ^ http://morallaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/PersonhoodOKvBarber_FML_ALF_amicus_08.31.12.pdf
  10. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/gonzales_carhart.pdf
  11. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/KYSENATORS_FMLAMICUS%20BRIEF_5_10_10.pdf
  12. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Roark_v._South_Iron_R-1_Sch._Dist.,_Amicus_brief_by_FML_Bibles_in_school.pdf
  13. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/winkler_rumsfeld.pdf
  14. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Selman%20v.%20Cobb%20County.pdf
  15. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Surles%20v%20%20City%20of%20Ashville%20amicus%20by%20Foundation%20for%20Moral%20Law%20_machine%20bingo_.pdf
  16. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Barber%20v.%20Jefferson%20County%20Racing%20Association.pdf
  17. ^ http://www.morallaw.org/PDF/Marcavage_v_Rendell_PA_Sup_Ct.pdf
  18. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Log%20Cabin%20Repub%20v.%20USA%20_DADT_,%20FML%20Amicus,%203.4.11.pdf
  19. ^ http://www.morallaw.org/PDF/FMLAmicusWardWilbanks12.28.10.pdf
  20. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Ex_parte_N_B_amicus_by_Foundation_for_Moral_Law_CA_lesbian_parentage.pdf
  21. ^ http://www.morallaw.org/PDF/Awad_v_Ziriax_OKSharia_FMLAmicus.pdf
  22. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/McDonald_v_Chicago_Amicus_Foundation_for_Moral_Law.pdf
  23. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/dc_v_heller_foundation_brief.pdf
  24. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Hein_v_FFRF_amicus_brief_01_05_07.pdf
  25. ^ http://morallaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Hollingsworth_v_Perry_FMLamicus_Prop8_08.31.12.pdf
  26. ^ http://www.morallaw.org/PDF/Gill_v_OPM_DOMA_case_1stCir_1%2020%2011_Final.pdf
  27. ^ http://www.morallaw.org/PDF/Moment_of_silence,_Croft_v._Governor_of_Texas,_Amicus_brief_by_Foundation_for_Moral_Law.pdf
  28. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Newdow_National_Motto_FML_brief.pdf
  29. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Jan%20Roe%20and%20RoeChild-2%20v.%20Rio%20Linda%20Union%20School%20District.pdf
  30. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/FreedomFromReligion_v_Hanover_FML_amicus_04_19_2010.pdf
  31. ^ http://morallaw.org/AU%20v.%20Prison%20Fellowship.pdf
  32. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/2008-P-1294_Commonwealth_v_Marcavage_Appeals_court_Appellant%27s_original_brief.pdf
  33. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Galloway_v_Greece_FMLAmicus_Final_3.23.11.pdf
  34. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Doe_v_IndianRiver_FMLamicus_9.9.10.pdf
  35. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/FML_Natl_Day_Prayer_Amicus_7_8_10.pdf
  36. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/AmicusFMLbrief_Forsyth_County_prayer_5.26.10.pdf
  37. ^ http://www.morallaw.org/PDF/Pelphrey_v._Cobb_County,_Ga._Amicus_brief.pdf
  38. ^ http://morallaw.org/archive20070911.htm
  39. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Hinrichs.pdf
  40. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Doe%20v.%20Tangipahoa%20Parish%20School%20Board.pdf
  41. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/07-1247%20-%20Colorado%20Christian%20University%20v.%20Baker,%20amicus%20curiae%20brief,%20Foundation%20for%20Moral%20Law,%2009.19.07.pdf
  42. ^ http://morallaw.org/about/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/MtSoledadvTrunk_FMLamicus_3.9.12.pdf
  43. ^ http://www.morallaw.org/PDF/ACLU_v_DeWeese_FML_amicus.pdf
  44. ^ http://morallaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DeweesevACLU_FML_SCOTUS_Amicus_8.1.11.pdf
  45. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Salazar_v_Buono_memorial_cross_FML_amicus.pdf
  46. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/ACLU_v._McCreary%20County_Ten_Commandments_amicus_Foundation_for_Moral_Law.pdf
  47. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/08-4061,_American_Atheists_v._Duncan,_Amicus_brief_by_Foundation_for_Moral_Law.pdf
  48. ^ http://www.morallaw.org/PDF/UtahHighwayPatrolAssoc_v_AmerAtheists-FMLamicus.pdf
  49. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Pleasant_Grove_v_Summum_amicus_FML.pdf
  50. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Las_Cruces_crosses_%20amicus_brief_Foundation_for_Moral_Law.pdf
  51. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Green%20v.%20Haskell%20County%20Board%20of%20Commissioners,%20amicus%20curiae%20brief,%20Foundation%20for%20Moral%20Law,%2004.03.07.doc.pdf
  52. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Van%20Orden%20v.%20Perry.pdf
  53. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/McCreary_amicus_brief.pdf
  54. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Staley%20v.%20Harris%20County,%20Texas.pdf
  55. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/plattsmouth_brief.pdf
  56. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/MvG_cert_petition.pdf
  57. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/inremoore82203cmp.pdf
  58. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/MvJIC_app_brief.pdf
  59. ^ http://morallaw.org/PDF/Cert._Petition_Moore_v._AJIC_7.29.04.pdf
  60. ^ http://morallaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/11-398bsacFoundationForMoralLaw.pdf
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