Kamala Harris has made it clear- the state of California cannot afford to appeal the Prop 8 decision and that means that she will "not defend Proposition 8 because it is simply unconstitutional." Harris is the newly elected attorney general of California, and her position mirrors that of current attorney general and governor-elect Jerry Brown. This leaves the defense of Prop 8 in the hands of those who have shown that their interests are not in protecting marriage, but in preventing lesbians and gays from being equal.