Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage
(NOM), has described gay marriage in California as “illegitimate”
in response to a California Supreme Court decision to toss out a
legal challenge to reinstate the state's previous marriage ban,
Proposition 8.
On Wednesday, the hight court rejected the petition, considered a
last-ditch effort by most.
(Related: California
Supreme Court denies gay marriage Prop 8 proponent's petition.)
NOM was heavily involved in promoting Proposition 8 in 2008.
“The ruling is very disappointing but not unexpected,” Brown
said in a NOM blog post. “Same-sex marriage in California is
illegitimate, imposed by judicial activists in direct opposition to
the expressed will of the people. California, the nation, and the
rule of the law are worse for it.”
Gay nuptials resumed in California in June after a Supreme Court
decision left in place a 2010 circuit court ruling declaring
Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Supporters claim that Proposition 8
remains valid because such a court cannot overturn a statewide law.
“The way that activist judges have dealt with Proposition 8 is a
travesty of justice and undermines the rule of law and the democratic
process itself,” Brown continued. “The legitimate votes of 7
million Californians, and their fair-minded, reasonable position that
marriage should be defined as the union of one man and one woman,
have been trampled underfoot by derelict politicians and activist
judges. However, this is not the end of the debate. No judge or
politician can redefine what God has created. NOM and our allies
will work to make sure the people of California, and other states
where marriage has been redefined have a voice speaking for true
marriage. So-called same-sex 'marriage' is a political creation; it
doesn't exist in reality. Eventually it will fall, and we will
restore natural marriage in California.”