Rift Develops Between Prop. 8 Backers

[JackBeck]

There's http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423011880&rss=newswire">trouble between the two biggest backers of California's Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that would overturn gay marriage. One group of haters doesn't want the other group of haters joining the fight to keep the measure on the ballot. Because, get this, they hate TOO much.

A united front by conservative forces against same-sex marriage in California is showing signs of cracking -- or of having been an illusion all along.

Last week, the proponents of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to heterosexual couples, asked the California Supreme Court to prevent another conservative group -- http://www.savecalifornia.com/">the Campaign for California Families -- from intervening in a suit that could determine whether that issue stays on the November ballot.

In a http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/ca/split0715.pdf">short brief filed Thursday, Folsom, Calif., lawyer Andrew Pugno, counsel for http://protectmarriage.com/">ProtectMarriage.com, argued that rather than back Prop 8, the CCF actively campaigned against it for years in favor of another amendment that would have sharply curtailed all gay rights.

"Only now that the act has qualified for the ballot as Proposition 8 do proposed intervenors support it," Pugno wrote. "Against this backdrop, there is significant concern that the presence of in this action will substantially interfere with real parties' ability to effectively defend Proposition 8." In an interview Monday, Pugno referred to the CCF as "extremists" who want to go beyond the issue of marriage and "strip away gay rights" of any kind.

Mathew Staver, founder and president of the Florida-based Liberty Counsel, which represents the CCF, said Monday he was "disappointed and confused" by Pugno's motion. But he said his group is determined to back Prop 8.

It's almost funny. Almost. But also it's very interesting that Protect Marriage knows what thin ice they're on.

www.joemygod.blogspot.com

They can't even coordinate a solid front to promote their hate. Who'd of thought we'd all see the day when one hate group accuses another hate group of being too mean?

:rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

1. couldn't happen to a crappier group of people LOL n/t

[JackBeck]

2. Ditto.

It amazes me at times how hate can motivate people to dictate what path in life they decide others should abide by.