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California Supreme Court

Dec. 24, 2008

Brown's Attack on Prop. 8 Draws Praise, Criticism

When California's top lawyer Friday asked the state's high court to invalidate the voter-passed initiative banning same-sex marriage, supporters of Proposition 8 weren't exactly over the moon.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer

When California's top lawyer Friday asked the state's high court to invalidate the voter-passed initiative banning same-sex marriage, supporters of Proposition 8 weren't exactly over the moon.

Monday, however, the California Supreme Court asked Prop. 8 backers to respond to state Attorney General Jerry Brown's surprise argument in a brief filed with the high court that asserted that marriage is an "inal...

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