The Democratic Parties in both the Wolverine and Buckeye States have come together to file a joint amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court on the marriage equality case.
“Elected officials from across the Sixth Circuit are speaking up for the thousands of couples in our four states whose rights are being violated by the bans on same sex marriage,” said David Pepper, Ohio Democratic Party Chair. “And our point is simple—basic rights such as equal protection should not be subject to popular elections, but are protected by the United States Constitution.”Here's the brief.“Here in Michigan, far too many families have been denied liberty and justice for too long, because of the out of touch actions of Republicans Bill Schuette and Rick Snyder,” said Lon Johnson, Michigan Democratic Party Chair.
“Thousands of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on frivolous, fringe arguments, which have only served to embarrass our state. This effort to deny equal rights to parents and children, based on nothing more than a desire to score cheap partisan points with the far right wing of the Republican party, is just wrong,” added Johnson.
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