| September 17 was the deadline for all those who | | | | opponents of Proposition 8. That is because they, |
| oppose Judge Walker's decision overturning | | | | essentially, won in Judge Walkers Court. The |
| Proposition 8 to submit briefs to the 9th US Court | | | | appeals court says they do not need to submit |
| of Appeals. They were invited to, in these briefs, | | | | their briefs until October 18. And, in those briefs, |
| explain why the think Judge Walker's decision | | | | they will be responding to the above described |
| should be overturned by the appeals court. | | | | briefs submitted by the supporters of Proposition |
| Eight briefs were submitted, some by individuals | | | | 8. In other words the opponents will have the |
| and some by conservative groups like the Family | | | | opportunity to provide evidence that challenges |
| Research council. Another brief was submitted by | | | | the statements made by the supporters of |
| Gail Knight and the others who put proposition 8 | | | | proposition 8. |
| on the ballot in the first case. | | | | Documents are still being submitted to the appeals |
| You can read any or all of these briefs by | | | | court. As we get copies of them, we will post |
| directing your browser to the following address: | | | | them on our web site. You may want to return |
| and then scrolling down to and clicking on the links | | | | to the above Internet address to see if there is |
| to the documents. | | | | anything new to read. We will continue to put |
| To make it a little easier for you to locate the | | | | dates in the links to the documents. So you will be |
| documents you want to read, we have begun | | | | able to tell which are the new additions. |
| adding dates to the beginning of the links to court | | | | As an alternative you will find information on the |
| documents. All of the documents discussed in this | | | | web page on how you can subscribe to be |
| newsflash will begin with a date of 09-18-10 or | | | | notified when changes or additions are made to |
| later. | | | | the page. That way you can revisit the page |
| You may notice that there are no documents | | | | when you are notified of an update. |
| submitted to the appeals court from the | | | | |