So Prop 8 won at the ballot box. Remember that, November 2009 lots of weeping and crying and sad people? Then it lost again in the California Supreme Court. Also very sad but this time it was accompanied by a whole bunch of people gathering in Fresno or protesting outside Mormon churches. Now it’s headed to the Federal Courts with the case this time being lead not by gay rights organizations or civil liberty advocates. No no, this time it’s led by the two guys, Ted Olson and David Boies, who argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore.
That’s right the guys who were responsible for 8 years of a Bush presidency are now pushing for full marriage rights at the federal level for gay people.
The problem? This time the effort’s not being lead by the gay rights organizations or civil liberty advocates. In fact, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Center for Lesbian Rights sued to get in on the action but were forcibly removed from the case by the judge. So now their bitter about it.
The trial starts January 11th and the judge is considering allowing it to be televised. So watch out for the fireworks next week.
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