Comments on: Press Conference Announcing the Constitutional Challenge to Prop 8

By: Those Wacky Heterosexuals » Blog Archiv » Calif. Atty Gen’l Admits Prop 8 Violates 14th Amendment

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:22:16 +0000

[...] California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a very different brief in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the Prop 8 challenge brought by Ted Olson and David [...]

By: Coxygru

Coxygru — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:01:46 +0000

I applaud Olson and Boies’ audacious step forward for our rights. I think the time is right to push ahead and cast our fears aside.

Both Amendment 14 and Article 4.1 of the Constitution contain powerful arguments for these two lawyers to use to secure full equality for us LGBTs.

Have a look for yourselves.

Article IV – The States
Section 1 – Each State to Honor all others
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

Amendment XIV

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Know your shit, brothers an’ sisters!

By: staci

staci — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:12:02 +0000

I’m glad they are doing it.

By: Pomo

Pomo — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:57:19 +0000

This is not a good idea…

By: GreenEyedLilo

GreenEyedLilo — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:46:15 +0000

Unbelievable!!!! And unbelievably awesome!!!! I can’t believe I missed this yesterday. Oh, well, we’ll all be hearing tons about it soon enough.

I feel so good about this. The LGbt groups (you can see my frustration with most in that spelling alone) opposing this have a point, but the stuff we’ve been doing clearly hasn’t worked. Time to get daring. Time to try something different. Thank you, Olsen and Boies.