Monday, June 15, 2009

Jerry Brown again says Prop. 8 should be struck down

Los Angeles Times
June 13, 2009
California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown once again refused to defend Proposition 8's ban on marriage equality Friday, telling a federal judge that it violated the U.S. Constitution and should be struck down. Brown made his arguments in response to a federal lawsuit against the state by two gay couples who contend the initiative violates federal due process and equal protection guarantees. Brown's position, laid out in a brief filed late Friday, puts the state's highest-ranking law enforcement officer on the record declaring that the ballot measure violates federal constitutional protections. The San Francisco case may eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court. [Link]

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