CAP: Briefs filed over Choose Life license plates and closing times of S.O.B.'s

In this issue:
	(1) Two Briefs Filed Today (2) Gear Up for Voter Registration! (3) Marriage Update

(1) Two Briefs Filed Today

CAP's attorneys filed two briefs today - one with the Arizona Supreme Court and one with the U.S. Supreme Court. In the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys for CAP and the Alliance Defense Fund filed a brief asking the Court not to review the "Choose Life" license plate case. In January, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Arizona is not allowed to discriminate against the "Choose Life" message and must issue the plates. Unbelievably, in spite of the multi-billion dollar budget shortfall, the state of Arizona decided to spend your tax dollars to appeal this case to the U.S. Supreme Court. CAP and ADF are asking the Supreme Court to reject review of Arizona's appeal so that production of the license plates can begin as soon as possible. In the Arizona Supreme Court, CAP filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case deciding the constitutionality of the closing-hours law for sexually-oriented businesses. The closing-hours law was upheld by the appellate court in Maricopa County but struck down by the court in Pima County. The Arizona Supreme Court will resolve this dispute and decide whether the Arizona Constitution requires more protection for sexually-explicit speech than the federal Constitution. CAP's brief explains why the framers of the Arizona Constitution could not have intended for the Arizona Constitution to offer greater protection for sexually-explicit speech.

(2) Gear Up for Voter Registration!

Holding a nonpartisan voter registration drive at your church is one way YOU can make a difference. Some studies estimate that as many as 50 percent of church-attending Americans are not registered to vote. Partnering with CAP makes it easy to hold a drive! CAP has developed a free Voter Registration Kit to help plan your drive, and our goal is to have voter registration drives in 1000 churches across Arizona. Request a free kit, and ask your pastor about planning a drive in honor of Independence Day on July 4. The Arizona Primary Election deadline for voter registration is August 4, so don't delay!

(3) Marriage Update

On Friday, the attorneys general (AG's) of ten states asked the California Supreme Court to delay the implementation of its decision to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples. Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard was not one of those ten AG's. The AG's from Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah asked the court to consider that the new California definition of marriage would result in "extensive and burdensome" litigation in other states that could be avoided if the California voters pass a constitutional amendment in November defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.