http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/tag_rss/American+Foundation+for+Equal+Rights July 2nd could mark the beginning of the end to Prop 8, the controversial initiative that stripped California's LGBT population of the right to marry. Why? Because on July 2nd, the first hearing of the federal case brought against Prop 8 by power team Ted Olson and David Boies will be heard in the North California U.S. District Court with the case assigned to Judge Vaughn Walker . Even more dramatically, Olson and Boies, who have an amazing track record of winning cases, had requested a preliminary injunction against the initiative while the courts heard the merits of their case. In other words, this would have put the enforcement of Prop 8 in the Golden State on hold during the trial, consequently allowing same-sex marriages to occur again. The hearing on July 2nd would've centered around the merits of the injunction, but Judge Walker had other thoughts in mind, calling recently for a move to “proceed expeditiously to trial." “Given that serious questions are raised in these proceedings ... the court is inclined to proceed directly and expeditiously to the merits of plaintiffs' claims," the judge declared. “The just, speedy and inexpensive determination of these issues would appear to call for proceeding promptly to trial." (See Case Document and Motion for Preliminary Injunction , Judge Walker's Order for Trial ) http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/unitethefight/C2tl http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/unitethefight/C2tl/commentary#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:15:07 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/unitethefight/C2tl Phillip Minton http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/0dd4f024486fc945d2_7918mvztq.jpg Phillip Minton 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2tl/