California’s Supreme Court announced on Thursday that a new hearing date, Sept. 6, had been added to the calendar in the ongoing legal challenge to the state’s voter-approved marriage amendment.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals— where the Prop 8 case is on appeal — asked the state’s high court to determine, whether under California law, marriage amendment proponents “have the authority to assert the State’s interest,” since California’s governor and attorney general refuse to do so.
Ron Prentice, CEO of California Family Council and chairman of Protectmarriage.com’s executive committee, which led the Prop 8 campaign and is overseeing its legal defense, remains hopeful that the challenge will eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
“The record of this case is packed with disregard for legal precedent,” Prentice said, “and the issues of states’ rights, the people’s will, and, of course, the definition of marriage, are extremely significant.
“The coalition of national organizations like Focus on the Family, and state organizations like all of the family policy councils, will not be deterred on the issue of marriage,” he added, “because it involves God’s heart, society’s future and a child’s protection.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Review the Docket (Register of Actions) related to Perry v. Brown (formerly Perry v. Schwarzenegger).
Read ProtectMarriage’s Motion to Vacate Judge Walker’s Prop 8 Decision.
Learn more about the California Family Council and Protectmarriage.com.
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