CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / SACRAMENTO
Labor unions and some churches announced Tuesday that they planned to file friend-of-the-court briefs in support of invalidating Proposition 8, the November ballot initiative that banned gay marriage in the state.
The California Council of Churches and other faith organizations, including the Progressive Jewish Alliance representing millions of members, said they would file Thursday.
On Friday, a coalition of labor unions representing more than 2 million California workers said they planned to file their own brief.
The briefs will support the lawsuits filed by gay-rights groups the day after Proposition 8 was enacted.
The California Supreme Court has agreed to take the case and could hear arguments as early as March.
Sal Rosselli, the president of United Healthcare Workers-West, issued a statement saying his union supported filing the brief because the right to marriage is a fundamental constitutional right “that cannot be abolished by ballot initiative.”
-- Jessica Garrison
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