Meg Whitman's Shows Anti-Gay Colors: Vows to Defend Prop. 8

California Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman on Friday told the Sacramento Bee that, if elected, she would defend Proposition 8, which prohibits marriage equality in the state, by appealing a federal judge’s ruling that declared the proposition unconstitutional.

Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Prop. 8 on August 4, but his ruling is now under the consideration of the ninth circuit court of appeals, which has scheduled a December hearing on the case.

At a San Diego press conference on Friday, the Bee asked Whitman, the former CEO of eBay, if she—unlike current California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and her opponent for governor, attorney general Jerry Brown—would defend the law.

“The issue right now, as I understand is ‘Will Proposition 8 have the appropriate support to actually make an appeal to the circuit court of appeals?’” Whitman answered. “And I think the governor, the attorney general today has to defend the constitution and has to enable the judicial process to go along and has to enable an appeal to go through. So if I was governor, I would give that ruling standing to be able to appeal to the circuit court.”

Although the ninth circuit hearing is scheduled for December, any decision by that court is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, “so Whitman would have plenty of to intervene if she wins and takes office in January,” the Bee reported.

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