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Brief of Amicus Curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Woman's Law Project, and Northwest

Woman's Law Center in support of Respondent-Appellant. In the Court of Appeals of Virginia. Record No. 1930-93-2 Bottoms v. Bottoms.