More than 40 California legislators have signed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the state supreme court to overturn Proposition 8, which passed among voters last week to ban same-sex marriage.
More than 40
California legislators have signed a friend-of-the-court
brief urging the state supreme court to overturn Proposition
8, which passed among voters last week to ban same-sex
marriage.
The brief
supports a petition, arguing that a simple majority of
voters (in this case 52% on November 4) cannot be used
to make a major change to the state constitution,
according to the Sacramento Bee.
Since Election
Day, three governmental units -- Los Angeles, San
Francisco, and Santa Clara County -- and six couples have
filed suit asking the court to overturn Proposition 8,
according to The Recorder, a legal newspaper.
The state
assembly and senate both approved measures to recognize
same-sex marriage in 2005 and 2007, but Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger vetoed the bills both times. In his
2007 veto message, Schwarzenegger said he preferred
the courts to decide whether banning same-sex marriage was
unconstitutional. He now says he supports movements to fight
the ban. (Michelle Garcia, The Advocate)
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