Hundreds of organizations urge the California Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8

[FreeState]

http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_prop8challenge_briefing011509

San Francisco, CA, January 15, 2009)—Today, hundreds of religious organizations, civil rights groups, and labor unions, along with numerous California municipal governments, bar associations, and leading legal scholars collectively urged the California Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8. Dozens of amicus curiae or “friend of the court” briefs argue that Proposition 8 drastically alters the equal protection guarantee in California’s Constitution, and that the rights of a minority cannot be eliminated by a simple majority vote.

Major California businesses, including Google, as well as Levi Strauss & Co. and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, submitted a brief arguing that writing inequality into the constitution is bad for business.

Professors from the most prominent universities and law schools in California and the country authored briefs urging invalidation of Proposition 8, including scholars from Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, University of California (Berkeley, Los Angeles, Hastings, Davis, Irvine), University of Southern California, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, University of San Francisco, Loyola Law School, Santa Clara Law School, Chapman University, and Pepperdine University.

A coalition of more than 50 California labor organizations, including United Healthcare Workers (UHW) and the California Labor Federation, filed an amicus brief on January 13, 2009 urging the Court to invalidate Proposition 8. The labor organizations represent more than two million working men and women in California. The brief defends the rights of all Californians to equal treatment under the constitution, and argues that union members’ rights could be in jeopardy if Proposition 8 were held to be valid. more>>> http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_prop8challenge_briefing011509

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As a gay Californian I thank each and every one of you fighting for our rights!

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. I just hope that the Court can do the right thing

I would like to think that they want to invalidate Proposition 8, but that doesn't mean they can. Here's to optimism, though :toast:

[FreeState]

2. Me too - I hope they see the wisdom in overturning it

Its nut just LGBT rights that the ruling will effect. If they rule its not a revision all minorities in California are at risk of having their state granted civil rights up for vote.