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MsTinkerbelly · 03-01-2011, 05:34 PM

Two new Prop 8 developments, and Courage Campaign’s amicus curiae letter to the California Supreme Court
By Adam Bink

This afternoon, as noted in the comments on the previous thread, two moves in the Perry case.

The first is that Attorney General Kamala Harris on behalf of the state of California filed a motion with the 9th Circuit encouraging the Court, as the AFER team did, to lift the stay:

“For 846 days, Proposition 8 has denied equality under the law to gay and lesbian couples,” Attorney General Harris said. “Each and every one of those days, same-sex couples have been denied their right to convene loved ones and friends to celebrate marriages sanctioned and protected by California law. Each one of those days, loved ones have been lost, moments have been missed, and justice has been denied.”

A copy of her filing can be found here. There is no word from the 9th Circuit yet.

The second is that the California Supreme Court denied the motion to shorten time as submitted by the Olson/Boies/AFER legal time:

“The application of respondents Kristin M. Perry, Sandra B. Stier, Paul T. Katami, and Jeffrey J. Zarrillo to shorten the briefing schedule and application to set oral argument for May 23, 2011 is denied.”

Disappointing and frankly outrageous, to say the least. The Court will drag its feet on this for at least 6 months while couples wait and some, especially those who are older and becoming ill (not to mention their families) will literally suffer waiting for the Court to take its time.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that the Court really doesn’t see us out here. They have their schedules and their timing. It makes me feel like other eras in our nation’s history- civil rights and AIDS and earning the right of women to vote- when we have to roll up our sleeves and PUSH to get them to notice people suffering. In this case, it’s the same-sex couples and their families- straight and LGBT- out here, literally dying while waiting for the Court to take 6 freaking months just to hear oral arguments.

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MsTinkerbelly Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: ... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 6,573 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,737 Thanked 22,957 Times in 5,020 Posts Rep Power: 0	Prop 8 trial tracker Two new Prop 8 developments, and Courage Campaign’s amicus curiae letter to the California Supreme Court By Adam Bink This afternoon, as noted in the comments on the previous thread, two moves in the Perry case. The first is that Attorney General Kamala Harris on behalf of the state of California filed a motion with the 9th Circuit encouraging the Court, as the AFER team did, to lift the stay: “For 846 days, Proposition 8 has denied equality under the law to gay and lesbian couples,” Attorney General Harris said. “Each and every one of those days, same-sex couples have been denied their right to convene loved ones and friends to celebrate marriages sanctioned and protected by California law. Each one of those days, loved ones have been lost, moments have been missed, and justice has been denied.” A copy of her filing can be found here. There is no word from the 9th Circuit yet. The second is that the California Supreme Court denied the motion to shorten time as submitted by the Olson/Boies/AFER legal time: “The application of respondents Kristin M. Perry, Sandra B. Stier, Paul T. Katami, and Jeffrey J. Zarrillo to shorten the briefing schedule and application to set oral argument for May 23, 2011 is denied.” Disappointing and frankly outrageous, to say the least. The Court will drag its feet on this for at least 6 months while couples wait and some, especially those who are older and becoming ill (not to mention their families) will literally suffer waiting for the Court to take its time. The more I think about it, the more I realize that the Court really doesn’t see us out here. They have their schedules and their timing. It makes me feel like other eras in our nation’s history- civil rights and AIDS and earning the right of women to vote- when we have to roll up our sleeves and PUSH to get them to notice people suffering. In this case, it’s the same-sex couples and their families- straight and LGBT- out here, literally dying while waiting for the Court to take 6 freaking months just to hear oral arguments.