[Dilbert San Diego]

This is the one of the shocking, underreported issues of this matter. It’s shocking to me that a state is sued over a law, and high officials of that state made a conscious decision not to defend the state in a court of law.

Would Attorney General Moonbeam have decided not to defend the state in a lawsuit over its global warming law? Or any other law for that matter? How about Governor Terminator?

They are both derelict in their duties by not enforcing the law and doing their jobs. Part of their jobs involve defending the state in lawsuits. The state is sued all the time on various matters. Are there any others where the state officials simply stand aside and say, that they won’t defend the state in a lawsuit? Do they only do that on “gay” oriented laws? Any examples where this has happened in the past?

[reagandemocrat]

Allow the Knights of Columbus, who have publicly supported Prop 8 from its inception, join the appeal as as an interested party, which provides “standing” — and permit them hire competent counsel at the state’s expense.

[omega4412]

It’s shocking to me that a state is sued over a law, and high officials of that state made a conscious decision not to defend the state in a court of law.

Shocking but not surprising. See California Proposition 187 at Wikipedia

[djf]

I would think any voter who voted against gay “marriage” in California would have standing.

Remember. We never gave up all of our rights. What we did was allow the government to be our advocates. We can reclaim our rights any darn time we feel like it. Any time the government fails in it’s duties.

[Carry_Okie]

This is the one of the shocking, underreported issues of this matter. It’s shocking to me that a state is sued over a law, and high officials of that state made a conscious decision not to defend the state in a court of law.

That's what happened to Prop 187 over ten years ago.