and back to the state supreme court ...

[lemurdillo]

...Three lawsuits were filed directly with the state Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking orders immediately blocking enforcement of Prop. 8 and ultimately striking it down as a violation of fundamental rights in the California Constitution...

...The plaintiffs argued that the measure offends constitutional principles by taking important rights away from a historically persecuted minority - gays and lesbians - while stripping judges of their power to protect that group....

...The suit by San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Clara County goes a step further and argues that any measure allowing a majority of the public to take away minority rights violates principles of equality at the heart of the state Constitution....