Federal Lawsuit Plantiffs in Gay marriage Case Reject Gay Groups

Gay rights groups attempting to intervening as full-fledged plaintiffs in a federal gay marriage lawsuit likely headed to the Supreme Court were officially rebuffed by lawyers in charge of the suit on Friday, the AP reported. The lawsuit over a California gay marriage ban is being mounted by Theodore Olson and David Boies. The two legal titans are representing a gay couple and a lesbian couple who would like to marry but cannot because of Proposition 8, the state's voter-approved gay marriage ban upheld as constitutional by the state Supreme Court in May. The lawsuit argues that Proposition 8 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution because it discriminates against gay men and lesbians. “Every day that Prop. 8 remains the law of California, Plaintiffs and thousands of other gay and lesbian individuals are denied fundamental rights that are cherished and enjoyed by others, and they suffer substantial, irreparable harm,” the lawsuit argues. Full Story from On Top Magazine

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