Prop. 8 backers lose CA campaign disclosure case

Supporters of the 2008 ballot measure that outlawed same-sex marriages in California lost their effort Thursday to block their past and future campaign finance records from public view because of alleged harassment of their donors. A federal judge in Sacramento ruled against ProtectMarriage.com and the National Organization for Marriage in a nearly three-year-old lawsuit, saying the two groups fa...

Fresno Bee • Oct 21, 2011

Fresno key for same-sex marriage supporters

Last November, the central San Joaquin Valley overwhelmingly approved Prop. 8, the statewide ballot initiative that eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry. Supporters of same-sex marriage plan to rally on the Saturday after the state Supreme Court rules on Prop. 8's legality. The high court has until June 3 to rule. That ruling is widely expected to affirm the will of the voters. But ...

Fresno Bee • May 9, 2009

Prop. 8 backers take on AG's argument

Lawyers from the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union submitted their own response to Brown's brief. They reiterated the point from the original Proposition 8 lawsuits that the measure represented such a sweeping change that it should have gone before the Legislature before being submitted to voters. But they said they shared the attorney general'...

Fresno Bee • Jan 5, 2009