Hmmm, Amicus Curiae.....

[osodecanela]

So I read this morning that amicus curiae briefs have been filed with SCOTUS, urging the overturn of section 3 of DOMA. The first was signed on to by 300 large American companies, like Apple, Google and Nike and by 15 different cities plus two counties. Boston, Baltimore, Bangor, Seattle, SF, NY and LA were among them along with Healdsburg, just 10 minutes up the road from me. There is a second brief urging DOMA's demise from 15 different states as well; it was filed by Mass and NY, with California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.

Meanwhile, Massachusetts also filed an amicus brief urging the overturn of Prop 8, which DC and 12 other states have signed onto.

I like it!

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[bosendorfer-boy.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

[broduke2000.livejournal.com]

It also sez over 100 Republicans signed an Amicus and sided with us, but none of them are currently elected Republicans, and none are Tea Partiers.

However, interesting to note that one is Beth Meyers, who ran Mitt the Twit's presidential campaign.

[barbarian-rat.livejournal.com]

Please note, not one Southern State signed on to this. Keep in mind these are the folks who whine so much about how the federal government limits their "freedom". Of course the only freedom they're interested in is their freedom to tell the rest of us how to live our lives.