The Thomas More Law Center is a prominent conservative Christian, not-for-profit law center based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is active throughout the United States. Its stated goals are defending the religious freedom of Christians, restoring "time honored values" and protecting the sanctity of human life. The Law Center also supports a strong national defense and an independent, sovereign United States of America. Its motto is "The Sword and the Shield for People of Faith." The Law Center characterizes itself as "Christianity's answer to the ACLU".
The issues the Law Center pursues, mostly through litigation, are generally in line with modern American social conservatism: opposing same-sex marriage; opposing pornography; supporting pro-life positions and initiatives, and opposing the removal of the Ten Commandments and other religious monuments from municipal and school buildings.
The Law Center says its lawyers maintain "the highest moral and ethical standards of our Christian faith and our legal profession." The center considers its work "ministry" and states it was inspired by what it calls a "cultural war being waged across America" against "Christians and their faith." A policy statement of the center states "The Thomas More Center seeks to transform the national culture by taking cases across the United States consistent with its mission. The Law Center currently is handling over 120 legal matters in 27 different states." Currently, the Law Center has cases in 41 to 44 of 50 states, and has a team of over 600 pro bono attorneys.
Though it is active in many controversial social issues and cases, the Law Center is most widely known for its instigation, litigation and loss of the Dover, Pennsylvania intelligent design case, defending LtCol Jeffrey Chessani against misconduct allegations during the November 2005 Haditha killings, its strong anti-abortion position, and for its current federal lawsuit against the government regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Attorneys from the Law Center have appeared on numerous local and national television and radio programs including The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, MSNBC, EWTN, the Laura Ingraham Show, The Radio Factor w/Bill O'Reilly, American Family Radio, and Dennis Prager.
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