Jerry Brown’s Prop. 8 position

Re “Brown asks justices to toss Prop. 8,” Dec. 20

Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown’s 111-page brief is anything but. It is the ramblings of a pro-gay politician and is predicated on a false premise.

Proposition 8 does not deny any “inalienable” right to any citizen. Under this and every other California law, every citizen has the right to marry -- as long as it is not to an animal, a child, a blood relative or someone of the same sex.

Per your article, even the legal scholars are amazed at the far-reaching nature of Brown’s assertions. They are also taken aback by his reluctance to enforce this law even though he disagrees with it.

Accordingly, Brown is either incapable of doing or refuses to do the job of the office to which he was elected. Whichever the case, he should be tossed out of office.

Don Marton

Valley Glen

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First Brown “jerry-rigged” the Proposition 8 ballot language, hoping for its defeat. After it surprisingly passed, he tempered his earlier action by giving his word that he would, as is his duty, “defend the proposition as enacted by the people.”

Now our esteemed top lawyer has changed his mind. He now is asking the state Supreme Court to invalidate the voters’ mandate.

At what point can we take Brown seriously? As our attorney general, he seems, again, focused more on politics than ethics. It’s time for Brown to stop lying, dig deep within and do his job.

Ron Trimble

Lakewood

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Kudos to Brown for his legal opinion resolving a conflict between California’s Constitution and Proposition 8 in favor of constitutional rights.

It’s interesting that your “legal experts” seem to miss this basic premise that most lawyers learn during their first year of law school.

Les Hall

Santa Ana