Imperial County Appeals Proposition 8 Ruling To 9th Circuit

Imperial County, California on Tuesday filed an appeal in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the ruling invalidating California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage. (See prior posting.)  The County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to authorize the appeal. Voters in the county approved  Proposition 8 by a large majority. The district court had refused to allow Imperial County to intervene at the trial level. The appeal is being handled for the county by Advocates for Faith and Freedom, a law firm dedicated to protecting religious liberty.