Oral Arguments on Prop 8 - Date Set

[Uncle Remus]

FYI:

(San Francisco, CA, February 3, 2009) The California Supreme Court announced today that it will hear oral arguments on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in the Proposition 8 legal challenge. The National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU—with support from civil rights groups, religious organizations, labor unions, and legal scholars—argue that Proposition 8 is invalid because the people of California have established strict safeguards that prohibit the underlying principles of the California Constitution from being changed by a simple majority vote. By taking away a right only from one group, Proposition 8 violates the most basic principle of our government: that all people are entitled to equal treatment under the law.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is also asking the Court to invalidate Proposition 8 on the ground that certain fundamental rights, including the right to marry, are inalienable and can not be put up for a popular vote.

On November 10, 2008, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stated that he hoped the Court would overturn Proposition 8. On CNN, he said of Proposition 8’s passage, “It’s unfortunate, obviously, but it’s not the end, I think that we will again maybe undo that, if the court is willing to do that, and then move forward from there and again lead in that area."

More info at Lambda Legal

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

C'monnnnnn... let the court make right the determination made as a result of voters having been propagandized.

If CA can overturn this injustice, then there really may be hope for the rest of the country.

It's time, eh? Enough.

 

[soulmates]

When it's legal for ALL, we will marry...till then, we've decided (for us) it's just going thru the motions. We can't wait for the day, when we can marry LEGALLY in our church (yes, we go to a DIVERSE Methodist church!!) where all our family and loved ones will celebrate with us. Sad, that for now, it's just a dream.....