SF and LA City Attorneys, ACLU, LAMBDA, NCLR, all to file lawsuits against Prop 8

[ruggerson]

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10905867

http://thecalifornian.com/article/20081105/NEWS03/81105019/1002/NEWS01

The gist of the argument is that Prop 8 itself conflicts with the equal protection clause in the state constitution.

A "revision" to the state constitution (as opposed to an amendment) would require the Assembly to pass such a change before the voters do.

[goddess40]

1. I'll have to send a donation

if I note on the memo line that I want it to go for this would that be enough to make sure the money is used for that?

[Nikki Stone1]

2. Me, too.

Thanks for posting this. I have been so sad all day. I'm glad that I can actually DO something.

[sniffa]

3. Nice

:kick:

[RobertDevereaux]

4. Good on those organizations...

Pile on the lawsuits for as far as the eye can see!

[kestrel91316]

7. I could go for bankrupting the Mormon Church who has backed this thing.

Tie them up in knots and make them spend all their ill-gotten gains on attorneys. WORKS FOR ME.

[bluedawg12]

19. Boo-freaking-hoo, we might screw up

their eternal marriage....baaaawwww..... and go to the telestial kingdom for the wicked...but only individuals that are in the highest degree... will eventually be enabled in eternity to become gods and goddesses and participate in the eternal creative process of having spirit children.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_church

[cboy4]

5. This is cheering me up a little.

I just don't know.

[FreeState]

6. K&R #5 from this pissed off gay man that cant stop crying today....

a day I should be celebrating...

[Nikki Stone1]

8. I am so with you today.

It has been heartbreaking and I have been so damned sad.

[Zhade]

9. Hug from a fellow queer guy!

I feel the same.

[FreeState]

12. Sucks doesn't it? My boyfriend keeps calling to check on me

we have been together 6 1/2 years and decided not to get married because we are not ready. Now it seems like it wont matter if we are ever ready... I swear I could just puke... I can't eat or work. I cant even get a few words out without feeling like Im going to lose it. this just plain sucks....

[Zhade]

15. My two best friends were waiting for this to fail so they could marry.

One of them has serious health issues and needs the insurance, and now she can't get it.

[bluedawg12]

11. Hugs brother. I feel the same - the day was just shot

saddened and distracted from work.

This Prop-a-hate8 just reopened all of the hateful rheotric from the silent majority on other boards and it was just shocking to hear the level of ignorance, bigotry, hate, misinformation, and malice.

[bluedawg12]

10. Well, this sounds hopeful and positive.

Thank God for the right to fight on a legal basis.

[Zhade]

17. Personally, I thank the human beings who actually had an influence on that right.

: )

[bluedawg12]

18. Hey right now, I'll thank my right foot if it brings results! n/t

[bluesmail]

13. The more attorneys the stronger the message is.

How is it we can elect a black man to be our president, yet we continue to discriminate against gays?

[bluedawg12]

14. Yeah, Gloria Alred reps the gay couple - she is good

at taking the case high profile.

Discriminate would have been enough, but then to hear the same old sh8t stereotype, cliche's from people who were discussing the Prop and how they causally talk about gays as if we weren't really human.

[AntiFascist]

16. K&R....

while I have been critical of the "No on 8" people, the organizations with the legal muscle do need our support.