It was big news that Arnold and Jerry Brown, gov. and Attorney General of Calif., decided not to defend the state's gay marriage ban as it went for appeal to the 9th Circuit Court. That court will likely dismiss the case because Arnold and Jerry aren't defending it. The Pacific Justice Institute has filed a suit against the two men to force them to do their jobs and defend the ban. The job of the AG is to defend all laws, in spite of his personal opinion of them. Otherwise the AG can overturn ballot initiatives simply by refusing to defend them.
A gay spokesman says not so fast guys. The AG is also required to uphold the state and federal constitutions and the gay marriage ban has been shown to violate that federal document. Therefore the AG is doing his job.
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