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Prop 8 suit still has supporters on different pages

By Richard Binder

The Recorder reported a couple weeks back about the clash between attorneys and civil rights groups in the federal challenge of Proposition 8.  That clash seems to continue to heat up. 

Now that a trial is nearing, the lawyers who denounced the suit want to join as full participants, asking for seats at the table and the ability to shape legal strategy. But the consultant who defied their advice has vowed to "vigorously oppose" their intervention, and, in a court filing late Friday, lawyers formally opposed intervention.

The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights initially called the challenge to California's same-sex marriage ban risky and rash, and warned that an adverse ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court could set the movement back decades. The groups now say they want to bring more members of the gay community into the case, which their detractors say would cost time.

A federal judge in San Francisco will decide the lineup of lawyers later this month.

Full story at LATimes.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on August 10, 2009 (boomark / email).