Prop 8 Official Proponents Respond to New Legal Issue Raised by California Attorney General
The Christian Newswire carries this report:
As directed by the California Supreme Court, the official proponents of Proposition 8 and their campaign committee, ProtectMarriage.com — Yes on 8, today filed legal arguments responding to a new and unprecedented legal theory proposed by the California Attorney General to invalidate the voter-passed measure . . .
But in the concluding 15 pages of his December brief, the Attorney General proposed a new, unprecedented legal theory that Proposition 8 — despite being a properly enacted constitutional amendment — is itself unconstitutional because it violates “inalienable or natural rights.” . . .
Copies of written briefs are available online at the California Supreme Court’s website: www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/highprofile/prop8.htm