California attorney general and diva, Kamala Harris has filed a letter with the 9th circuit U.S. court of appeals to put gay marriage back on the playing field in Cali-Cal.
In arguments filed with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Harris asked the court to lift a hold on a federal court order directing the state to permit gays to marry. U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who served on the bench in San Francisco, ruled that the marriage ban violated constitutional rights to due process and equal protection.
Harris' argument follows a decision by the California Supreme Court to consider a question in the case that could put off a final resolution in the 9th Circuit for more than a year.
"For 846 days Proposition 8 has denied equality under law to gay and lesbian couples," Harris told the court. "Each and every one of those days, same-sex couples have been denied their right to convene loved ones and friends to celebrate marriages sanctioned and protected by California law."
The federal appeals court recently asked the California Supreme Court to rule on whether the proponents of Proposition 8 have legal standing to defend the initiative in court when state officials refuse to do so. Last year, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. opposed imposition of the stay, pending appeal.Do it, girl!
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That's great news!
ReplyDeleteMaybe with this brief and the briefs submitted by Olsen and Boies and Schwarzenegger, the Ninth Circuit will actually give the issue some reasoned consideration, unlike the first time they took up the issue of the stay.
ReplyDeleteI love Kamala Harris. I knew I did the right thing when I voted for her.
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