“What is Needed to Defend the Bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 1996?”

August 28, 2003

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights will hold a hearing entitled, "What is Needed to Defend the Bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 1996?," on Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Senator Cornyn will preside.

By order of the Chairman

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Tentative Witness List
Hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
United States Senate
on
"What is Needed to Defend the Bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 1996?"
Thursday, September 4, 2003
2:00 p.m., SD 226

Panel I

Rev. Dr. Ray Alexander Hammond II
Pastor, Bethel AME Church
Boston, MA

Mrs. Maggie Gallagher
President, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
New York, NY

Mr. Gregory S. Coleman, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Former Solicitor General, State of Texas
Austin, TX

Mr. Michael P. Farris, Esq.
Chairman & General Counsel, Home School Legal Defense Association
President and Professor of Government, Patrick Henry College
Purcellville, VA

Prof. Dale Carpenter
Associate Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School
Minneapolis, MN

Mr. Keith Bradkowski
San Francisco, CA