The Imperial County (Calif.) Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow it to participate in the defense of the state’s marriage amendment. Nearly 70 percent of voters in the county voted in 2008 to protect marriage.
The county is represented by Advocates for Faith and Freedom –at no cost to taxpayers.
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker showed his bias early on during the trial phase when he allowed the city of San Francisco, which strongly opposed the Proposition 8, to participate in the proceedings as a defendant. Yet, he blocked Imperial County from also participating.
Imperial County Supervisor Wally Leimgruber took issue with the state government’s failure to defend the amendment.
“As an elected official, who has sworn an oath to uphold the laws, I said, ‘Wait a minute. If our state officers are not going to uphold Proposition 8, then who is going to defend this?”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Read CitizenLink’s statement, “Prop 8 Decision Not the Last Word.”
Read Constitutional attorney Ed Whelan’s thoughts on today’s ruling, “Judge Walker’s Opinion.”
Read Ed Whelan’s July 12 NRO blog, “Judge Walker’s Anti-Prop 8 Sham Trial.”
Learn more about the Prop 8 case and ProtectMarriage.com.
Read more about Judge Walker’s Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger et al.
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