Brown University Professor Martha Nussbaum, aformer Harvard professor and witness for theplaintiffs, said Mansfield argued that "the onlylegitimate purpose of sexual activity was [for]procreation."
Mansfield testified that the number of childrenin a family is a measure of the social value ofthe relationship, Nussbaum and Henderson said.
Mansfield's testimony was meant to advance theState of Colorado's case that Amendment Two servesa "legitimate political purpose," said Peter M.Cicchino, a 1992 Harvard Law School Graduate whois part of the plaintiff's legal team.
"The state has to show it has a compellinginterest in the law," said Cicchino, a lawyer forthe Lesbian and Gay Rights Project of the AmericanCivil Liberties Union.
The case, officially called Evans v. Romer, isin its second week before Judge Jeffrey Baylessand will likely wrap up later this week. ButCicchino said, the State of Colorado had appealedto the U.S. Supreme Court, which might examine thecase after it is concluded in the lowe courts.
Mansfield could not be reaches for comment lastnight after the trial.
The Associated Press reporte Mansfield'scomments from Denver.