Federal Court Upholds Protection of Yes on Prop. 8 Campaign Docs

Federal Court Upholds Protection of Yes on Prop. 8 Campaign Docs
Lifesite - 12 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO, January 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A federal appeals court in San Francisco says its ruling will stand that guarantees the right of proponents of California's constitutional ban on same-sex "marriage" to keep campaign strategy documents from same-sex "marriage" advocates, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

A three judge panel for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said its December 11 decision overturning Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's October order to produce the "Yes on 8" documents will stand as a majority of the full court voted not to review the case.

The panel had ruled 3-0 that allowing the opposing side to view the pro-family campaign memos would set a precedent detrimental to participation in campaigns and strategists speaking frankly through internal communications.

Same-sex "marriage" activists were seeking to view the "Yes on 8" campaign memos in order to demonstrate that an anti-gay bias fueled California's constitutional amendment banning same-sex "marriage."...

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