“Authorized to assert the state’s interest” | California Catholic Daily

California Catholic Daily: “The court was clearly right to conclude that the California marriage amendment should not go undefended just because state officials have refused to defend it,” said Brian Raumm, a senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, in a statement issued immediately after yesterday’s ruling. “Because the people of California have a right to be defended, Proposition 8’s official proponents will be allowed to continue defending the marriage amendment. Otherwise, state officials would have succeeded in indirectly invalidating a measure that they had no power to strike down directly.”