CA: Prop 8 Sponsors Appeal Campaign Record Decision to 9th Circuit

A federal appeals court has agreed to consider whether the sponsors of California's gay marriage ban must turn over some internal campaign records as part of a lawsuit against Proposition 8. Protect Marriage, the coalition of religious and social conservative groups behind Prop. 8, wants to safeguard its private e-mails and strategy records. Its lawyers have balked at repeated orders from a federal judge to furnish them to attorneys representing two same-sex couples in the lawsuit seeking to overturn the gay marriage ban. The 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals on Wednesday said it would hear arguments on Dec. 1 in Protect Marriage's appeal of the orders. Full Story from Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_13866124

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Yes on 8 in California Must Release Prop 8 Campaign Records, Judge Says

A federal judge ruled Thursday that an anti-gay marriage group must provide records associated with last fall's campaign to ban gay marriage in California, The Associated Press reported. U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco has ordered ProtectMarriage.com to produce internal emails, memos and records associated with its strategy to ban gay marriage in the state. ProtectMarriage.com is the sponsor of Proposition 8, the voter-approved referendum that ended the June-to-November “Summer of Love” in California when gay marriage was legal. Full Story from On Top Magazine: http://ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=4630&MediaType=1&Category=26

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