Monte N. Stewart
Monte Neil Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University (B.A., J.D.) University of Oxford (M.St.) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Spouse | Anne Lillywhite Stewart |
| Children | 10 |
Monte Neil Stewart (born 1949) is the founding president of the Marriage Law Foundation, the former
Early life and education
Stewart was born in St. George, Utah to Neil Stewart and his wife Velma Heaton.[citation needed]
Stewart received his B.A. from
Career
From 1992 to 1993 Stewart served as United States Attorney for the District of Nevada pursuant to a rare appointment by the Federal Judges of that District, and later was a legal advisor to Governor Michael Leavitt of Utah from 2001 to 2003.[3]
Stewart has been involved in private practice and was for a time a law professor at J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU.
In 2004 Stewart was a co-chair of Utahns for a Better Tomorrow, one of the four sponsors of Utah Amendment 3 which limited marriage to male-female couples and prevented the recognition of civil unions or domestic partnerships.[4]
Stewart has used social institutions theory in many papers to argue against
Stewart filed
Personal life
Stewart and his wife, the former Anne Lillywhite, are the parents of ten children.[citation needed]
See also
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Chief Justice)
- List of J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni
References
- ^ "Y Magazine".
- ^ "Y Magazine".
- ^ Belnap, Stewart, Taylor and Morris bio of Stewart Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Deseret News, Oct. 21, 2004
- ^ http://www.leg.state.vt.us/WorkGroups/FamilyCommission/Appendix%20E.pdf Text of Stewart's statements on marriage.
- ^ http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol31_No1_Stewartonline.pdf Monte Neil Stewart, Marriage Facts, 31 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 313 (2008).
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- ^ http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/documents/United_Families_Amicus_Curiae_Brief.pdf App. for Permission To File Amici Curiae Brief and Amici Curiae Brief of United Families Int'l, Family Watch Int'l, and Family Leader Found. in Support of Resp. State of Calif., In Re Marriage Cases, 183 P.3d 384, 43 Cal.4th 757 (Cal. 2008) (Case No. S147999).
- ^ Deseret News, Dec. 31, 2013