Assemblyman Chuck DeVore Responds to Ruling on Proposition 8

SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, issued the following statement in response to the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8:

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“Today's decision by the California Supreme Court is a discredit to that Court, and a disservice to the law and people it serves. Though the Court rightly upheld the validity of Proposition 8, it also laid the groundwork for further challenges to the integrity of traditional marriage in our state. “The argument that Proposition 8 is a constitutional revision was always spurious, and not even this sympathetic Court could endorse it. Therefore, the Court has provided the anti-traditional-marriage movement with a far better legal basis for its aspirations, by affirming the legitimacy of preexisting same-sex unions. Having created a strange yet court-legitimized class of couples, what the Court has truly done is laid the foundation for the eventual overthrow of traditional marriage in our state on grounds of equal protection. “No defender of traditional marriage in our state should celebrate this ruling. "Though we are relieved at the upholding of Proposition 8, we must be absolutely clear: this Court's decision means a far more tortuous route ahead. It will be up to the people of California to correct the errors of the judicial elite, and defend what marriage is, and has always been.”

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