[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/prop-8-supporters-petition-supreme-court\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/prop-8-supporters-petition-supreme-court\/","headline":"Prop 8 Supporters Petition Supreme Court","name":"Prop 8 Supporters Petition Supreme Court","description":"By Lucy Hough Opponents to marriage equality have petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the February ruling that struck down California\u2019s Proposition 8. They cited...","datePublished":"2012-08-01","dateModified":"2021-07-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/proposition-8-ruled-unconstitutional.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/proposition-8-ruled-unconstitutional.jpg","height":200,"width":300},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/prop-8-supporters-petition-supreme-court\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":296,"articleBody":" By Lucy HoughOpponents to marriage equality have petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the February ruling that struck down California\u2019s Proposition 8. They cited the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision as \u201cmisguided.\u201d\u201cThe Supreme Court has made it very clear that the age-old definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman is constitutional as a matter of state public policy,\u201d said Charles Cooper, Project Marriage\u2019s lead attorney on the case. \u201cThe lower the court decisions essentially rejected all relevant Supreme Court and appellate court precedent while attacking the character and judgment of millions of Californians.\u201dThis appeal to the Supreme Court keeps Prop 8 in effect, even though two federal courts have declared it unconstitutional, and will remain on hold until the Supreme Court decides whether to review the case; the decision to take the case requires four votes by the high court.Appeals courts had ruled that Prop 8 was unconstitutional because it discriminated against minorities for no reason and its purpose was to \u201clessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians.\u201dEquality California, an advocacy group, said the Supreme Court doesn\u2019t need to review the case.\u201cTwo federal courts in this case have affirmed what we know to be true\u2014that Proposition 8 seriously infringes on the guarantee of equal protection and serves no legitimate state interest,\u201d said David Codell, Equality California board member. “We agree with the majority of the judges of the Ninth Circuit that there was no need to rehear this case because the decision to strike down Proposition 8 rested on solid constitutional principles.”Prop 8 supporters didn\u2019t appeal the appeals courts\u2019 decision that Judge Vaughn Walker would not be disqualified because he is a gay man with a longtime partner.Photo: techbanyan.com"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Prop 8 Supporters Petition Supreme Court","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/prop-8-supporters-petition-supreme-court\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]