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Supporters of Proposition 8 asked the Supreme Court to overrule an appeals court decision that allowed California to resume same-sex marriages in spite of the measure, according to a statement from the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Lawyers with the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal organization, submitted an emergency application to the Supreme Court Saturday along with general counsel for the ProtectMarriage.com Coalition, which defended Prop. 8 in court.
On Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had lifted a stay on an injunction that allowed state officials to issue same-sex marriage licenses, two days after the Supreme Court sent Prop. 8 back to the state.
In its statement, the Alliance Defending Freedom said the appeals court had acted “prematurely” in lifting the stay. The group said the court was supposed to wait for final disposition from the Supreme Court and had to wait for a certified copy of the Supreme Court decision before taking action on the case.
“Our clients have not been given the time they are due and were promised so that they can make their next decision in the legal process,” said Austin Nimocks, senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom in the statement. “The more than 7 million Californians that voted to enact Proposition 8 deserve nothing short of the full respect and due process our judicial system provides.”
Compiled by Kristen Taketa, Bruin senior staff.
Correction: A statement by the Alliance Defending Freedom was incorrectly attributed to Austin Nimocks, senior counsel for the organization. Nimocks is quoted later in the statement.