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Today Liberty Counsel sent a letter to the Florida Bar Association demanding that it stay out of the homosexual adoption controversy and pointing out that the First Amendment requires that the mandatory bar association remain neutral on controversial issues unrelated to the regulation of attorneys.

The Florida Bar Board of Governors has voted to file a brief through its Family Law Section, arguing against the 1977 Florida law prohibiting those actively engaged in homosexuality from adopting Florida's children.

The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that mandatory bar associations cannot use member dues to support ideological causes which are not germane to the goals of regulating the legal profession and improving the quality of legal service.

The action by the Florida Bar has made it an adversary of the members it represents and has placed them in a very uncomfortable position. We are filing an amicus brief in support of the same Florida law which the Florida Bar voted to oppose.

We want peace with the Florida Bar and do not want to be placed in an adversarial position. However, we are serious about our First Amendment rights and the proper role of the Bar in respecting those rights.

The letter was signed by Mathew Staver on behalf of Liberty Counsel attorneys and affiliates who are Florida Bar members.

We are asking other Florida Bar members to contact us at [email protected] and join with us in asking the Board of Governors to remove the Florida Bar from this political issue.

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