Prop 8 Hearing

On Sept. 6, California's Supreme Court heard arguments about a legal question that has less to do with marriage, than with the state's legislative process and citizens' right to propose ballot initiatives. "Today's issue was not limited just to the marriage issue, but any initiative that comes along that a government official may fail to defend," said Andy Pugno, a lawyer representing the organization Protectmarriage.com. "It presents, really, a new question for our courts that they've never had to decide before: and that is, what do you do when the attorney general won't do his job?" Pugno's organization is involved in two legal battles, one of which will establish their right to move forward with the other. -Read More...