CA: Court Says Anti Gay Group Can't Intervene in Prop 8 Gay Marriage Case

A "traditional-values" group lost a bid to a U.S. appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday to become an official party defending California's same-sex marriage ban against a federal lawsuit. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal in which the Sacramento-based Campaign for California Families sought to become an intervenor, or party, in a lawsuit filed by two same-sex couples in May. The lawsuit challenging the ban enacted by voters last year as Proposition 8 is scheduled to go to trial before U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco on Jan. 11. In Thursday's ruling, a three-judge panel of the appeals court said the interests of the campaign for California Families will be adequately represented in the case by the proponents of Proposition 8 and their committee, ProtectMarriage.com. Full Story from CBS5: http://cbs5.com/politics/prop.8.lawsuit.2.1323691.html

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