Dec 6, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The five attorneys at the Thomas More Law Center — along with 403 volunteer lawyers across the country — have take on 200 cases in 40 states in an effort to change American culture and to protect life, religious freedoms and family values.
The law center, its work and mission were recently featured in The Detroit News. The nonprofit organization got a lot of media attention recently during a 40-day trial defending the decision of a school board in Dover, Pa., to require science teachers to tell students about intelligent design.
The Detroit News feature article notes that the law firm works exclusively on Christian causes and has been involved in a variety of cases, from defending the 50-year display of a 29-foot cross atop Mount Soledad in California to representing 12 pro-life activists who were fined millions for publishing the names and addresses of abortion doctors in Oregon.
It has taken on Ten Commandments cases and worked to stop same-sex marriage rights in several states. It won a case for a high school student who had been denied by her school to get her opposing views on homosexuality discussed during a Diversity Week.