Schwarzenegger calls for same-sex weddings
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer © 2010 The Associated Press
Aug. 6, 2010, 8:04PM
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SAN FRANCISCO — Lawyers for gay couples, California Gov. Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown filed legal motions Friday telling a federal judge that allowing same-sex marriages to resume immediately in the state was the right thing to do.
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Opponents of same-sex marriage said they want Proposition 8 to stay in effect until their appeal of Walker's ruling is decided by higher courts.
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The governor and attorney general almost always defend state laws when they are challenged.
But in this case, both refused to participate in fighting the lawsuit aimed at overturning the ban.
Brown is the Democratic nominee for governor on the November ballot and he previously called the ban unconstitutional.
Schwarzenegger has been more circumspect on his Proposition 8 position and his motion
to immediately resume gay marriage was his boldest pronouncement on the issue.
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If Arnold says it's so, so be it...
