That Was Quick: Couples Already Challenging New Law Banning Same-Sex Marriage
On election day in California, voters were asked to decided whether same-sex marriages should remain legit. The results are in and 52 percent of them voted that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
Opponents filed a legal challenge today with California’s Supreme Court to keep the ban from taking effect. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Equality California and consisted of six same-sex couples who didn’t marry before the election but want to marry.
Lawyers for same sex-couples said they’ll argue that the anti-gay-marriage law was an illegal revision to the constitution, saying that it doesn’t provide for equal protection guarantee.
Elizabeth Gill, an attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, told reporters that “A major purpose of the Constitution is to protect minorities from majorities. Because changing that principle is a fundamental change to the organizing principles of the Constitution itself, only the Legislature can initiate such revisions to the Constitution.”
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