Conservative wants Maldonado to defy Schwarzenegger, appeal Prop. 8

[Newsjock]

Source: Sacramento Bee

With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is Asia, a conservative law professor is trying to cajole acting Gov. Abel Maldonado to appeal to defend California's same-sex marriage ban in court.

John Eastman, who lost a bid in June to become the Republican nominee for attorney general, is calling on Proposition 8 supporters to "help Abel Maldonado do the right thing. Call him TODAY to say you support him filing the Notice of Appeal. . . . Call Now. Call Every Hour."

Eastman, on his website today and in emails, is supplying office phone numbers and cell phone numbers for Maldonado, who is lieutenant governor but filling in for Schwarzenegger while the governor travels. Eastman urges Proposition 8 supporters to bombard Maldonado and his staff with calls pushing him to file an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals before today's deadline.

... Maldonado's office didn't respond to inquiries about whether he was inclined to take up the invitation to defy the wishes of the governor, who appointed Maldonado lieutenant governor.

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/09/conservative-wants-maldonado-t.html

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Maldonado's Facebook campaign page is currently being overrun by bigots:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Abel-Maldonado-for-Lieutenant-Governor-2010/123330201028164

[SoapBox]

1. The Conservaturds are RUNNING in sheer panic!

...you cannot "legislate the Gay away"!

The Haters are in a panic that Prop. 8 is going to be over turned.

Maldonado, DON'T even think of going there.

[laconicsax]

2. Someone please tell me there's a 60-day deadline to appeal.

Anything to get these bigots to just shut up, go home, and deal with the fact that they can't legislate their religion.

[alp227]

3. Too bad loser. There's no right to vote on others' rights.

Why don't all the opponents of gay marriage just either stop being obsessed with others' lives or move somewhere that doesn't have gay rights (there are still plenty regions of the world that don't offer such rights)?

[John Kerry VonErich]

4. They look at it as privilege

Since you have to have a license to marry.

[activa8tr]

5. If marriage licenses were as hard as driver's licenses to get, half the

homophobic heteros would never get married themselves.

[John Kerry VonErich]

6. But still...

If a license is required, than its not a right. Thats why I believe that marrage should NOT be licensed. The wrong battle is being fought. Go after licensing, and the whole country will do nothing but to comply in recognizing ALL marrages.

[lunatica]

7. Is he gonna appeal the Constitutionality of prop 8?

Hahahahahaha!