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28 May 2009 10:17 am
"Make Change, Not Lawsuits"
The ACLU, GLAD, Lambda, NCLR, the Equality Federation, Freedom to Marry, GLAAD, HRC and NGLTF are not happy about the Olson lawsuit:
In response to the California Supreme Court decision allowing Prop 8 to
stand, four LGBT legal organizations and five other leading national
LGBT groups are reminding the LGBT community that ill-timed lawsuits
could set the fight for marriage back. The groups released a new
publication, “Why the ballot box and not the courts should be the next
step on marriage in California.” This publication discourages people
from bringing premature lawsuits based on the federal Constitution
because, without more groundwork, the U.S. Supreme Court likely is not
yet ready to rule that same-sex couples cannot be barred from
marriage. The groups also revised “Make Change, Not Lawsuits,” which
was released after the California Supreme Court decision ending the ban
on marriage for same-sex couples in California. This publication
encourages couples who have legally married to ask friends, neighbors
and institutions to honor their marriages, but discourages people from
bringing lawsuits.
More info on the suit here. The complaint can be read here (pdf).
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