New filings of Prop 8. amicus briefs

01/18/09 CBS5.com: "The court's docket as of Friday evening showed that 60 friend-of-the-court briefs had been filed by the Jan. 15 deadline, including 17 supporting Proposition 8 and 43 arguing it should be overturned."

01/16/09 American Constitution Society For Law and Policy Blog: Liz Seaton, Director of Projects and Managing Attorney of the National Center For Lesbian Rights, provides a summary of briefs by "women’s rights groups, religious organizations, civil rights groups, and labor unions, California municipal governments, children’s welfare organizations, bar associations, and leading legal scholars [who] collectively urged the California Supreme Court to strike down Proposition 8."

01/16/09 Association of Certified Family Law Specialists of California press release: ACFLS "has filed an amicus brief in support of Attorney General Jerry Brown’s position that the California Supreme Court must hold Proposition 8 unconstitutional."

01/15/09 National Center for Lesbian Rights press release:

"Civil rights groups today filed an amicus brief with the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8 because it would mandate discrimination against a minority group and did not follow the process required for fundamental revisions to the California Constitution. "

01/15/09 Equal Justice Society press release: "The Equal Justice Society joined other civil rights groups today in filing an amicus brief with the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8 because it would mandate discrimination against a minority group and did not follow the process required for fundamental revisions to the California Constitution."

01/14/09 Sacramento Bee: "On Tuesday [01/13/09], almost every big union in California filed a legal brief that urged the state Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8."

01/15/09 San Diego Gay and Lesbian Times: "This is a very significant brief from California’s labor unions,” said Shannon Price Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). “These unions represent more than two million working men and women in California. They have many members who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender, and they support the rights of all their members to be treated fairly and equally under the California Constitution.”

01/15/09 Family Research Council Tony Perkins' Washington Update: "Today, FRC officially enters the fray in the California Supreme Court case over the fate of Proposition 8, filing an amicus brief in one of the most significant suits in American history."

01/15/09 Alliance Defence Fund press release:

The ADF brief is here.

“In America, we respect the results of fair elections,” said ADF Senior Counsel Brian Raum. “The will of the people expressed in Proposition 8, which restored the definition of marriage to the California Constitution, should be respected. The constitution itself makes it clear that the people have this authority.”

“The lawsuits against the amendment should be seen for what they are: ongoing efforts by activists to redefine marriage, which is precisely what the voters of California have expressed they don’t want,” Raum said.

01/13/09 Pacific Justice Institute press release: "PJI Chief Counsel Kevin Snider, principal author of the brief, commented, 'It is simply inaccurate to say that reaffirming the traditional definition of marriage singles out homosexuals for exclusion. Even the radical re-definition of marriage currently sought by gay activists maintains exclusions based on such factors as age and monogamy. It is hypocritical for them to pretend they are the only group affected by Prop. 8.'"