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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 2 /Christian Newswire/ -- Leaders of the ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on Proposition 8 campaign today accused legislators of "grandstanding for the cameras" in an inappropriate and misguided publicity stunt designed to influence the California Supreme Court in the lead-up to the Court's scheduled hearing on the validity of Proposition 8.

"You'd think that these legislators would be focused on resolving the budget deficit or improving the economy. Instead, they seem more interested in grandstanding for the cameras and thumbing their noses at voters who enacted Proposition 8 by a nearly 600,000 vote margin," said Ron Prentice, Chairman of ProtectMarriage.com – Yes on 8. "Sadly, with an approval rating hovering at an all-time low of 15%, the Legislature continues to disregard their duties to the citizens of California."

Openly-gay legislators and other members of the GLBT Caucus held a press conference today in Sacramento to announce the introduction of a legislative resolution declaring that Proposition 8 is an illegal "constitutional revision" and thus should be declared invalid by the California Supreme Court. However, the legislators backing the resolution have no apparent qualifications as constitutional scholars to make such a finding, nor does a symbolic resolution have any standing in courts of law.

"This resolution adds nothing to the debate about the validity of Proposition 8. It is simply designed to get press coverage for the legislators involved," said Andrew Pugno, General Counsel of ProtectMarriage.com. "The California Supreme Court, at our request, has already decided to hear the challenges to Proposition 8. We are confident that Prop. 8 will be upheld, as many legal scholars have recently commented. The Court is not swayed by meaningless legislative resolutions that have no bearing on the outcome of the court challenges."

The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Spring, 2009. The ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on 8 committee will submit briefs to the Court and has been granted the right to intervene on behalf of Prop. 8's official proponents.

The latest vote count from the Secretary of State shows that Proposition 8 has passed with 52.3% of the vote. By way of comparison, Prop. 8 received approximately 2 million more votes than did Governor Schwarzenegger when he was reelected in 2006. Additionally, Prop. 8 received nearly the same percentage of the vote in California as Barack Obama received nationally.

"California legislators have much important work to do. Introducing meaningless resolutions that insult voters for approving Proposition 8 is not the best way for them to spend their time," Prentice said.