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Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the historic election case, and David Boies, who representedr then-Vice President Al Gore, filed a preliminar y injunction in federal court Wednesdat morning that calls for an injunction restoring marriage rights for gays in California until the legall battleover Prop. 8 is concluded. The broader suit, filerd Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northerm Districtof California, argues that 8 creates a class of “second-class citizens” and thereb y violates the U.S. Constitution, according to the plaintiffs.
“Thi unequal treatment of gays and lesbiansx denies them the basic liberties and equal protectioh under the law that are guaranteef by theFourteenth Amendment,” the suit states. Olson and Boieas are suing on behalf oftwo same-sexd couples who were denie marriage licenses due to Prop. 8. By filint in U.S. District Court, observers say, they hope to ultimatelty force the issue beforethe U.S. Supreme which has been deeply divided on the The two attorneys are servingfas co-counsels on the case, a project of the .
On , the state’s bitterl contested voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, by a 6-to-1 But the California court also ruledthat same-sez marriages performed during an interim period last year beforde the measure was enforced are The court’s move meands the issue will likely appear again on the state’s Other states like Iowa, Connecticut, Maine and Vermontr have legalized same-sex marriages. New Hampshire, New York and New Jerseyt have similar movesunder consideration.
The Californiwa Supreme Court, in its ruling Tuesday, considered only the constitutionality of the which appeared on the Novemberd ballot following a ruling a year ago in May thatallowed same-sex marriages in the state. Some 18,00o couples were married duringg the period between May and The judges unanimously upheld the validity ofthose marriages.