(Community Matters) A federal court lawsuit filed against Prop 8, and they’ve asked for an injunction while appealed. The plantiffs are represented by Theodore Olson & David Boies. Olson represented GWB in the 2000 Bush v Gore case. Boies represented Gore.
“Mr. Olson and I are from different ends of the political spectrum, but we are fighting this case together because Proposition 8 clearly and fundamentally violates the freedoms guaranteed to all of us by the Constitution,” [David] Boies said. “Every American has a right to full equality under the law. Same-sex couples are entitled to the same marriage rights as straight couples. Any alternative is separate and unequal and relegates gays and lesbians to a second class status.”
press release here
hmm, hadn’t occured to me that maybe that left intact the 18,000 marriages knowing it would create a distinct second class of citizen knowing it might be ammunition of overturning the case.
(who’s currently in deep s#%t with me)
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