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Prop 8 supporters and opponents prepare for ongoing battle

By Richard Binder

Less than 90 minutes after the California Supreme Court released its ruling on Proposition 8, both sides had already e-mailed supporters soliciting funds anticipating a new ballot measure on gay marriage that could reach voters in 2010.

Gay leaders say they are moving into campaign mode with an eye toward trying to repeal Proposition 8 at the ballot box as early as next year after the state Supreme Court upheld the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages.

Bill Welsh, senior pastor of Refuge Calvary Chapel in Huntington Beach and an ardent supporter of Proposition 8, said it would be "foolish to think this will be the end of the battle."

Andrew P. Pugno, a lawyer for ProtectMarriage.com, says Proposition 8 proponents do not plan to challenge the existing gay marriages that were protected by the court.

Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, two prominent litigators who opposed each other in the Bush v. Gore election challenge in 2000, are challenging Proposition 8 on the grounds that it violates the U.S. constitutional guarantee of equal protection and due process.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).