Rick Jacobs, Chair of the Courage Campaign, on Proposition 8 Sponsors Filing to Nullify Existing Same-Sex Marriages

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December 19, 2008

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 Statement from Rick Jacobs, Chair of the Courage Campaign, on Proposition 8 Sponsors Filing to Nullify Existing Same-Sex Marriages

LOS ANGELES, CA – Rick Jacobs, founder and chair of the Courage Campaign – an online organizing network with more than 300,000 members – today made the following statement regarding the sponsors of Proposition 8 asking the California Supreme Court to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples:

“I am appalled the sponsors of Proposition 8 and Ken Starr are seeking to invalidate the 18,000 same-sex marriages that were conducted prior to the passage of the initiative. That Mr. Starr and his colleagues dare to say they only filed the brief because the court asked makes this all the more heinous. The motivation behind this mean-spirited and heart-breaking action should not be allowed to be buried in legal brief. If Proposition 8’s sponsors plan to destroy lives, they should at least have the courage to admit it publicly.

“On Saturday night, the Courage Campaign is hosting 50 vigils across the state, together with our partners at Join the Impact.  Those vigils follow screenings of Milk.  The vigils are dedicated to the 18,000 couples who married between May and November.  They are now all the more meaningful.”

You can see the locations of the vigils on our website here: http://couragecampaign.org/action/207/attend-milk-love-rsvp-for-a-screening-and-a-vigil-now

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