[longfellowsmuse]

The problem the supporters of prop 8 had was that their own elected government officials ( governor, sec of state etc.) refused to defend the law that it’s citizens voted for...and the SCOTUS decided that the individual citizens did not have standing in federal court to argue for a bill that their own state government did not support

in other words the law they voted for was doomed by the people they voted into office

whether the supreme court would overturn a prop 8 like law that WAS supported by the state it was passed in and that government argued the case before the court is a different question... that I’m sure will now arrive at the SCOTUS sooner rather than later

[safeasthebanks]

"The problem the supporters of prop 8 had was that their own elected government officials ( governor, sec of state etc.) refused to defend the law that it’s citizens voted for...and the SCOTUS decided that the individual citizens did not have standing in federal court to argue for a bill that their own state government did not support"

This is not correct. The USSC ruled the Ninth Circuit (the appeal of who's ruling is how this got to the USSC), was judged to have had no jurisdiction to render a decision in this case, as it's a State issue. Hence, it goes back to the State Court decision, which struck down the amendment. Perfectly sound decision, and why Roberts AND SCALIA ruled as they did.

[rxsid]

"The problem the supporters of prop 8 had was that their own elected government officials ( governor, sec of state etc.) refused to defend the law that it’s citizens voted for...and the SCOTUS decided that the individual citizens did not have standing in federal court to argue for a bill that their own state government did not support

in other words the law they voted for was doomed by the people they voted into office"

Correct, that's the "gist" of the prop 8 issue.