Bryan K. Fair is a professor at the University of Alabama law school, where his specialties include the First Amendment, and gender and the legal system.

The Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson of Sarasota, Fla., is the moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches.

Kimberly Daniels is an evangelical preacher based in Jacksonville, Fla., and founder of Kimberly Daniels Ministries International.

James B. Jacobs is director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University, where he is also a law professor. He is co-author of Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics.

Pastor Harry R. Jackson Jr. is pastor of Hope Christian Church in Lanham, Md. He also heads the High Impact Leadership Coalition.

Bishop Kwabena Rainey Cheeks is pastor of Inner Light Ministries in Washington, D.C., and a supporter of the legislation.

The Massachusetts Family Institute is an organization that promotes marriage as between a man and a woman.

Frederick Lawrence is a theology professor at Boston College and the author of Punishing Hate: Bias Crimes Under American Law.

Rebecca Stotzer is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her research includes studies on racial and sexual discrimination.