44 Legislative Members Seek To Overturn Proposition Eight Vote
Sacramento, CA — According to the Associated Press forty-four members of the California Legislature have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of one of the three lawsuits seeking to invalidate Proposition 8.
The brief argues that the gay marriage ban improperly usurped the state Supreme Court´s duty to protect minority groups from discrimination.
Proposition 8 overturned the court´s May decision that legalized same-sex marriage.
Only 16 of California´s 58 counties voted NO on Prop. 8 but many of those fell in the heavily populated coastal region. For example San Francisco and Marin counties both totaled a 75 percent NO vote.
Tuolumne County finished with a 62 percent YES vote while Calaveras County had a 63 percent YES vote.
The total vote count with all 25,423 state precincts reporting was 5,769, 939 YES and 5,266,794 NO.
Click THE 44 for a list of the 44 legislators who have filed the friend-of-the-court brief or review the list below …
STATE SENATORS
Presient Pro Tempore Don Perata
President Pro Tempore-Elect Darrell Steinberg
Ron Calderon
Gilbert Cedillo
Ellen Corbett
Christine Kehoe
Sheila Kuehl
Alan S. Lowenthal
Carole Migden
Alex Padilla
Mark Ridley-Thomas
Gloria Romero
Patricia Wiggins
STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez
Jim Beal, Jr.
Patty Berg
Julia Brownley
Anna M. Caballero
Charles Calderon
Joe Coto
Kevin de Leon
Mark De Saulnier
Mike Eng
Norreen Evans
Mike Feuer
Felipe Fuentes
Lori Hancock
Mary Hayashi
Edward P. Hernandez
Jared Huffmnan
Dave Jones
Betty Karnette
Paul Krekorian
John Laird
Mark Leno
Lloyd E. Levine
Sally J.Lieber
Finoa Mia
Anthony J. Portantino
Lori Saldana
Jose Solorio
Sandre R. Swanson
Lois Wolk
Written by Bill Johnson
