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Another look at Prop 8's friends and foes

By Richard Binder

California Attorney General Jerry Brown urged the state Supreme Court on Monday to offer an immediate and thorough review of three cases challenging Proposition 8 -- a move that cheered the measure's opponents and upset its proponents.

"The AG obviously recognizes that this issue is important for our whole state," said Shannon Minter, legal director of San Francisco's National Center for Lesbian Rights, which represents several same-sex couples urging the court to overturn Prop 8. "What the court decides will determine whether a simple majority in a single election can change the California Constitution to eliminate rights only for a particular minority group."

Proponents of Prop 8 took notice of the AG's action as well -- and weren't pleased.  Read the full Recorder story.

One of those proponents spoke to Amanda Bronstad at the National Law Journal, about the backlash from Prop 8's foes and raising the spectre of recall should the Supreme Court overturn the ban.  Read the full interview. 

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).