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Dueling lawyers in California Prop. 8 case are a study in opposites

Started by Shana A, March 03, 2009, 08:47:05 PM

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March 03, 2009, 08:47:05 PM
Dueling lawyers in California Prop. 8 case are a study in opposites
By Aurelio Rojas
Published: Sunday, Mar. 1, 2009 - 12:00 am

http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1662061.html

Kenneth Starr and Shannon Minter, lead attorneys in the California Supreme Court case that will decide the fate of same-sex marriage in the state, are as different as the competing sides they represent.

Starr, dean of Pepperdine University School of Law, is best known for leading the inquiry into President Bill Clinton's affair with a White House intern.

Since then, the former federal judge and U.S. solicitor general has dedicated himself to conservative causes, including writing briefs for the Mormon church in a previous gay marriage case in California.

Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco, is a transsexual who spent his first 35 years as a female. He was a lead counsel in the state Supreme Court case decided last May that allowed same-sex couples to marry, a ruling that was reversed in November when voters approved Proposition 8.
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