Friday, May 29, 2009
Lawyers challenge Prop. 8 in federal court
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two-high profile attorneys who represented George W. Bush and Al Gore during the contested 2000 election have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Proposition 8, California’s constitutional protection of traditional marriage.
The suit was filed May 22, several days before the California’s State Supreme Court, upheld the amendment by affirming its constitutionality. The case, filed by former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson and David Boies, a former lawyer for Gore, alleges the state constitution’s ban of same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution.
Andy Pugno, general counsel for the Protect Marriage coalition that supported Proposition 8, said the new federal suit is based on “highly questionable grounds” since there is no federal right to same-sex marriage under the U.S. Constitution.
“We are treating this case seriously,” Pugno said, adding that he is filing a motion to intervene in the case, a similar step he took with the California high court.
“Without our intervention, the entire legal defense of Prop. 8 in the federal court will fall upon the California Attorney General, a troubling prospect since he has stated firmly that he believes that Prop. 8 is unconstitutional and should be invalidated,” Pugno said. “We are optimistic that the federal court will allow us to intervene and provide a legal defense for Prop 8.”
Ironically, numerous gay rights groups are unhappy with the Olson-Boies suit, saying it could jeopardize a long-held plan to win same-sex marriage rights state by state.
“We have only one shot at the U.S. Supreme Court, and any attorneys bringing a case that will affect the freedom and legal status of an entire community bear a very heavy responsibility to be certain they have fully considered the consequences,” Shannon Minter, of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and who served as lead counsel for the Prop. 8 challenge, said in an e-mail statement.
An initial hearing in the case is expected in July.
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SEPARATION OF RAUNCH AND STATE
(It's still legal - and always God-honoring - to air messages like the following. See Ezekiel 3:18-19. In light of government backing of raunchy behavior (such offenders were even executed in early America!), maybe the separation we really need is the "separation of raunch and state"!)
In Luke 17 in the New Testament, Jesus said that one of the big "signs" that will happen shortly before His return to earth as Judge will be a repeat of the "days of Lot" (see Genesis 19 for details). So gays are actually helping to fulfill this same worldwide "sign" (and making the Bible even more believable!) and thus hurrying up the return of the Judge! They are accomplishing what many preachers haven't accomplished! Gays couldn't have accomplished this by just coming out of closets into bedrooms. Instead, they invented new architecture - you know, closets opening on to Main Streets where little kids would be able to watch naked men having sex with each other at festivals in places like San Francisco (where their underground saint - San Andreas - may soon get a big jolt out of what's going on over his head!). Thanks, gays, for figuring out how to bring back our resurrected Saviour even quicker!
[If you would care to learn about the depraved human "pigpen" that regularly occurs in Nancy Pelosi's district in California, Google "Zombietime" and click on "Up Your Alley Fair" in the left column. And to think - horrors - that she is only two levels away from being President!]
Looks like it is time for more prayer - and continuing support for the Protect Marriage coalition and their counsel.
1) Pray that Andy Pugno's motion to argue for Prop 8 is upheld.
2) Pray that the right decision is made in this case - one that confirms MARRIAGE = ONE MAN + ONE WOMAN.
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