Thursday, November 13, 2008

Another Lawsuit, This Time in Federal Court

Gay City News reports:

. . . Even before the groups opposing Prop 8 conceded on November 6, three lawsuits had been filed in the California Supreme Court, arguing that the measure had been invalidly enacted and asking the court to issue an order blocking it from taking effect. On November 10, a spokesman for the court announced that it would make a statement about the lawsuits this week.

A fourth lawsuit, filed in the federal district court in Santa Ana, on behalf of a gay male couple who married over the summer, argues that Prop 8 violates the US Constitution, though news reports were vague about the specific theory laid out . . .

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