LGBT Orgs: don't file lawsuits leading to SCOTUS now
LGBT Organizations Warn that Lawsuits Could Set Back Progress on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
New York, May 27, 2009 - In response to the California Supreme Court decision allowing Prop 8 to stand, four LGBT legal organizations and five other leading national LGBT groups are reminding the LGBT community that ill-timed lawsuits could set the fight for marriage back. The groups released a new publication, "Why the ballot box and not the courts should be the next step on marriage in California." This publication discourages people from bringing premature lawsuits based on the federal Constitution because, without more groundwork, the U.S. Supreme Court likely is not yet ready to rule that same-sex couples cannot be barred from marriage. The groups also revised "Make Change, Not Lawsuits," which was released after the California Supreme Court decision ending the ban on marriage for same-sex couples in California. This publication encourages couples who have legally married to ask friends, neighbors and institutions to honor their marriages, but discourages people from bringing lawsuits.
"Why the ballot box and not the courts should be the next step on marriage in California" is available at
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pdfs/why_the... "Make Change, Not Lawsuits" is available at (PDF)
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/pdfs/make_ch... (PDF)
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I smell something very very fishy. Why is Theodore Olson representing gay and lesbian couples in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case? According to Wikipedia, Olson belongs to the Federalist Society. Wikipedia also says "The (Federalist) society was begun by a group including Edwin Meese, Robert Bork, Ted Olson and Steven Calabresi, and its members have included Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Jr. and Samuel Alito. All of these individuals are conservatives, and nearly all have served in Republican administrations." More:
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11174/... 
