Emotional Board of Supervisors backs Prop. 8 challenge

[FreeState]

Source: LA Times

Emotional Board of Supervisors backs Prop. 8 challenge
12:52 PM, November 12, 2008

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted this afternoon to join a lawsuit filed by the City of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Clara County challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative voters passed by a narrow margin this month.

The vote was carried by the board’s three Democrats: Supervisors Gloria Molina and Zev Yaroslavsky, who proposed the board join the lawsuit, and Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, who voted in support. Of the two Republicans, Supervisor Michael Antonovich was out of town, and Supervisor Don Knabe left the meeting just as speakers began.

More than a dozen speakers appeared in support of the board’s vote and opposition to Proposition 8, including Los Angeles City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo, San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera and several gay couples. Both Molina and Yaroslavsky, who have officiated at same-sex wedding ceremonies since California legalized them in June, said they acted out of a sense of duty and personal responsibility.

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/the-los-angeles.html

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This is great - I home more cities join in the fight to overturn prop 8!

[Maat]

1. Good for them!

Standing up for human rights; they are great people!

[EFerrari]

2. Very good news!

:woohoo:

[Hekate]

3. In that case there's a good chance that the City Council in Santa Barbara may follow suit

It's a small city, not like our behemoth neighbor LA to the south of us, but I can surely imagine the Council and Mayor will be on the side of the angels in this one. I'll check with my friends to see if there's a public hearing at some point. The County Board of Supes is less certain.

Hekate

[FreeState]

4. I emailed my rep in the city Council in San Diego asking for them to support overturning it :) n/t

[CTyankee]

5. I get the feeling from what you wrote that Santa Barbara is somewhat embarrassed at the Prop 8 vote.

Is that correct, in your opinion?

It must be a huge embarrassment to the governor, eventho he is a Republican. His film industry community must be totally outraged!

[Hekate]

7. I haven't been in touch since the election, but I can say this much...

This is a fairly progressive community in nearly all respects, and I am sure that at a bare minimum our politicians are groaning and shaking their heads (i.e embarrassed) -- though most of them are probably genuinely outraged.

You're right about the Gov's ties to the film industry community. I think that must have something to do with his attitude--although some in the biz have chosen to be homophobes, that doesn't seem to be part of his makeup.

I hope between the legal challenges, the state legislature, and the Gov, that this thing can be quashed in a hurry.

Hekate

[Kaleko]

6. Why was there a need to put this creepy challenge on the ballot in the first place?

I forget why we had to go one step forward, one step back here in CA.

[WheelWalker]

8. Prediction:

This iteration of the civil rights struggle will be decided by the US Supremes on 14th Amendment grounds.