Austin R. Nimocks is senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund (www.telladf.org), a legal alliance employing a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:03:00 GMT Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:03:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Anchorage's Proposition 5 is being watched by many around the nation and provides the perfect example of why not everyone can be expected to grasp the complex ramifications of a proposed legal change. But an appropriate... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks/2012/03/26/anchorage_prop_5_religious_liberty_concerns_are_real 5489e276-466d-4bef-a276-dcd315b79383 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:03:00 GMT Throughout the push for the judicial overthrow of California's marriage amendment, arguments were made about how it was time to quit peeking into people's bedrooms, or allegedly singling out those who practice... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks/2012/02/29/do_ask_do_tell_if_youre_a_california_judge 127176ec-6173-48f9-be4f-bd6567e1b95e Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:04:00 GMT On February 8th, the Washington state legislature completed its process to allow same-sex couples to "marry" beginning this summer. Gov. Christine Gregoire has already promised to sign the legislation, meaning that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks/2012/02/13/can_we_trust_our_consciences_to_the_state_of_washington 7d98a3dd-d770-44d5-865f-e4c48561e491 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:15:00 GMT A fundamental assumption of the ongoing debate on the definition of marriage is that it is. After all, in our ongoing public dialogue over marriage, nearly everyone assumes its benevolent nature. With advocates... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks/2009/11/25/is_marriage_a_good_thing f9855370-34c4-4cc4-b053-95110dd36636 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:46:15 GMT On the whole, there shouldn't have been a surer thing than the defeat of Proposition 8 in the California elections last month. The activists pressing for the approval of same-sex "marriage" had all the heavyweights on... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks/2008/12/16/the_long_count a66ec9dc-fa74-463b-bd36-d850a07b7f1f Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:46:12 GMT We all love and appreciate honesty, and it's finally coming from the most unlikely of sources-the homosexual agenda. No matter what side of the issues of homosexual behavior you may find yourself supporting, a standing... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks/2008/10/20/finally,_straight_talk_from_the_homosexual_agenda 277fd7d6-c1a2-4d7b-988d-c647889ce7c2 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:01:00 GMT As I walked through the streets of downtown Providence and then entered the Rhode Island Supreme Court chamber, I'll admit that I was a bit nostalgic. After all, Providence was founded long ago (around 1636), and it is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks/2007/10/15/in_rhode_island,_one-sided_arguments_blindside_marriage_question 05817916-f575-4735-8ba8-17ceb5a62226 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:00:00 GMT While Washington, D.C., and the American media have seen fit to take Idaho Senator Larry Craig to task for his misdemeanor guilty plea and subsequent attempt to withdraw it, there seems to be a convenient lack of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AustinNimocks/2007/09/28/cruise_control__straight_talk_on_the_true_nature_of_homosexual_behavior a29a00db-d035-4d51-bafd-dba020d50f92 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:37:11 GMT