The following statement can be attributed to Andy Pugno, General Counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, on the California Supreme Court’s decision to decide whether sponsors of initiatives can legally defend them.
SACRAMENTO – “ProtectMarriage.com is pleased that the California Supreme Court will decide whether the official proponents of a voter initiative have the legal right to defend it when government officials abandon their sworn duty to do so.
“We fully supported the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ directing this critical question to the California Supreme Court in hopes that it will put to rest any ambiguity of our right to defend the votes of over seven million Californians who reaffirmed marriage as only between a man and a woman.”