"Well, duh," some of you are thinking.

To other readers, this may come as a genuine surprise.

The Alliance Defense Fund claims to support and defend religious freedom.  However, all of that nobility apparently ends when someone from a branch of a major, well-recognized religion wants to marry according to his fundamentalist Mormon faith.

From http://www.onenewsnow.com/2... :

"Chris Stovall, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), says the high court's decision to let the Utah court's ruling stand was solid. "And there are very strong policy reasons," he notes, "which spelled out, I think, in excellent detail by the Utah Supreme Court, for why the government certainly has the power to prohibit polygamy as an approach to marriage that's really antithetical to having a common definition of marriage that operates in the public good."

The ADF itself reports in this press release:

"WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday turned away an appeal that argued for the legalization of polygamous relationships.  ADF attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the Family Research Council on Jan. 12 that encouraged the court to deny review of the case. "

Whoops.

So much for religious freedom and the right of a Mormon sect to define the sacred rite of marriage for itself.  But I could have told you that.

Mark my words -- when most Religious Right groups claim to support religious liberty, that claim will become a lie the moment you desire to exercise a liberty that is inconsistent with their religion.

Freedom for themselves while denying it to others.  Nihil novi sub sole.