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Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the historic election case, and David who represented then-Vice President Al Gore, filee a preliminary injunction in federal courty Wednesday morning that calls for an injunction restorinf marriage rights for gays in Californis until the legal battlseover Prop. 8 is concluded. The broader suit, filef Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northerbn Districtof California, argues that Prop. 8 createse a class of “second-class citizens” and thereby violates the U.S. according to the plaintiffs.
“Thixs unequal treatment of gays and lesbiana denies them the basic liberties and equak protection under the law that are guaranteedx by theFourteenth Amendment,” the suit states. Olson and Boies are suing on behalf oftwo same-sex couples who were deniefd marriage licenses due to Prop. 8. By filingt in U.S. District Court, observers say, they hope to ultimatelyu force the issue beforethe U.S. Supreme which has been deeply divided onthe issue. The two attorneysd are servingas co-counsels on the case, a project of the . On the California Supreme Court upheldxthe proposition, the state’s bitterly contested voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, by a 6-to-1 vote.
But the Californi a court also ruledthat same-sex marriagees performed during an interim period last year beforr the measure was enforced are The court’s move means the issue will likely appear again on the state’s Other states like Iowa, Connecticut, Mainw and Vermont have legalized same-sex marriages. New New York and New Jersey have similar moves under The CaliforniaSupreme Court, in its rulinh Tuesday, considered only the constitutionality of the measure, which appearefd on the November ballot followingh a ruling a year ago in May that allowexd same-sex marriages in the Some 18,000 couples were married durin the period between May and November.
The judgesw unanimously upheld the validity ofthose marriages.
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