Kamala Harris - For California Attorney General 2010

District Attorney Kamala Harris Calls Prop 8 Decision "Monumental Step Forward in the Fight for Equality"

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris, the Democratic Nominee for California Attorney General, released the following statement after a Federal Judge struck down Prop 8:

“Today’s historic decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger was a monumental step forward in the fight for equality.

“From the moment Attorney General Jerry Brown issued his analysis that Prop 8 violates the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution, I have proudly concurred with him. That position has been confirmed by Federal Judge Walker's opinion today and stands in a proud line of jurisprudence reflected so boldly in 1948 when California's Supreme Court ruled that a ban on interracial marriage violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a conclusion finally reached in 1967 by the United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia.

“Attorney General Brown, Judge Walker, and I have all sworn to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States.  So, if I am given the privilege to serve as California's next Attorney General, I will not defend the anti-gay Proposition 8 in Federal court.  Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for my opponent in the California Attorney General's race, who promises to put the full weight of the state of California behind a defense of this discriminatory amendment.

“I pledge my support as this fight continues to another court and if necessary, the Supreme Court. I will continue to advocate for the defeat of Prop 8, whether we win that battle in the courts or at the ballot box. We may well face a lengthy battle on this issue but, as Dr. King said in 1967, ‘the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.’”

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