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Judge Refuses To Remove
Reparative Therapy Statements From Lawsuit To Defend Traditional Marriage

January 3, 2005 - San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer has refused to remove statements on reparative therapy from a lawsuit that challenges California law on the definition of marriage as a one-man, one-woman union.

The judge has also refused to allow the city of San Francisco to add any statements to the lawsuit that are designed to refute the statements made by such experts as Dr. Jeffrey Satinover and Dr. George Rekers, both NARTH members.

The state law currently defines marriage as a one-man, one-woman union but this is being challenged by gay activists.

City attorney Kathleen Morris told the San Francisco Chronicle: "We don't want that hateful stuff to go into the record without being responded to." The Alliance Defense Fund represents the Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund in defending the state law as written.