Wyoming, 9 states file brief opposing gay marriage

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Wyoming, 9 states file brief opposing gay marriage

Wyo., 9 states file brief opposing gay marriage
The Associated Press
Posted: 09/25/2010 09:23:24 AM PDT
Updated: 09/25/2010 10:57:44 AM PDT

CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Wyoming and nine other states have filed a gay marriage opposition brief to a federal appeals court in California.

The amicus brief sent Friday to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said that the Constitution does not require marriage to include same-sex couples. The 39-page brief also said that states, not federal courts, have final say in whether to allow same-sex marriages.

A federal judge ruled last month that that California's Proposition 8, a voter-passed ban on same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional. Judge Vaughn Walker ruled there was no legitimate state interest in preventing same-sex marriages and that "moral disapproval" alone wasn't sufficient reason to justify banning it.

The case is being appealed.

The Casper Star-Tribune reported that other states who joined the brief against gay marriage are Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia. They argued that same-sex marriage is not a fundamental right.

Wyoming, nine other states say gay marriage not a fundamental right

By JEREMY PELZER - Star-Tribune capital bureau trib.com | Posted: Saturday, September 25, 2010 2:00 am

CHEYENNE -- Wyoming and nine other states signed onto a legal brief Friday claiming a federal court "exceeded its judicial authority" when it ruled that the U.S. Constitution requires legal marriage to include same-sex couples.

In the amicus brief, which was set to be filed late Friday afternoon with the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals, the states criticized a California federal judge's ruling last month that California's Proposition 8, a voter-passed ban on same-sex marriage, was illegal on federal constitutional grounds.

No press release from Cuccinelli? Why the reticence? This guy is talking:

Cox: Defend Traditional Marriage

September 27, 2010

LANSING - Attorney General Mike Cox today announced that Michigan has joined Indiana, Virginia and Louisiana before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to challenge a district court ruling that overturned California's marriage amendment defining marriage as the union between one man and one woman.
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Cox's office drafted the states' brief in support of the appeal in cooperation with Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell.

10 Terrified States Want Gay Marriage Ban to Stand in California

[bokchoy19]

1. What can you say?

Maybe America isn't ready.

[caledesi]

4. no, america is the problem! nt

[Bozita]

2. Michigan AG Mike Cox got his ass thumped in the GOP primary for governor

Joining in this case was a key part of his campaign.

Check out the kind of people he's hired to work in the AG's office:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9220589&mesg_id=9220589

[marmar]

3. Our AG (COX of Michigan) is a nonstop source of shame.

nt