Breaking Prop 8 News

LittleMissWifey · November 2008

Proposition 8 opponents seek to invalidate measure

By Aurelio Rojas
arojas@sacbee.com

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Published: Wednesday, Nov. 05, 2008

While not conceding defeat, opponents of the ballot measure that would end same-sex marriage in California filed a petition with the California Supreme Court to invalidate the proposed constitutional amendment.

The petition charges that Proposition 8 is invalid because the initiative process was improperly used in an attempt to undo the state constitution's core commitment to equality for everyone.

The Associated Press this morning reported that Californians adopted the measure to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in May that gave gay couples the right to wed.

But opponents would not concede the outcome, despite vote totals showing supporters of Proposition 8 with a 400,000-vote advantage.

Kate Kendall, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said 3 million to 4 million ballots remain uncounted statewide.

Today's petition was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

dev22 · November 2008

Unfortunately, I dont have a lot of hope for this. Maybe I am just being cynical now, but I really dont see them going for this arguement. (Even though I think it is a good one)

LittleMissWifey · November 2008

Fortunately, the CA courts will do the right thing.

EastSideFluffy · November 2008

Awesome. I love lawyers. Smile

Hopefully they can at least get an injunction to stop this thing from going into effect while it makes its way up the legal chain.

Sibil · November 2008

I still don't get why it's been ok all these years to put civil rights for a minoroity group up for a simple majority vote?

Wouldn't it be great if this did go to the CA courts, and they ended that type of thing??

LittleMissWifey · November 2008

Another thing to keep in mind, CA voter approved propositions have a long history of being overturned by the courts.

soprano87 · November 2008

Yay, activist judges!

I hope this works. F you, mormons and hate-mongers!

rissainthesky · November 2008

Go Cali courts!!!! Make me proud!!

NWBecca · November 2008

God I hope it gets overturned. All of the hate legislation that passed last night is really taking away from my Obama buzz....

LittleMissWifey · November 2008

A better article than the one posted above.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27557521/

What is the difference between revise and amend?

Pescalita · November 2008

Please please please please please please. Please.

Mrs.tlcS · November 2008

I would love to get this issue in front of the (new) SCOTUS, so they can once and for all declare that the bigoted discrimination found in many of the state constitutions is unconstitutional.

Katie_F · November 2008

Mrs.tlcS:
I would love to get this issue in front of the (new) SCOTUS, so they can once and for all declare that the bigoted discrimination found in many of the state constitutions is unconstitutional.

I'm not entirely sure we want this going before SCOTUS right now. ?Or before the new one. ?The only justices that are going to retire are the ones who would be voting for it anyway. ?Unfortunately, Kennedy has written some things in his opinions in the past that have made me think he wouldn't be voting to overturn these types of amendments.?

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