By The Huffington Post News Editors
With less than a day before the deadline runs out, openly gay Congressman Mark Takano again urged President Obama to file an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to rule California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional. And he is optimistic, even with the narrowing window of time, that the president will act.
Takano, a Japanese-American educator representing Riverside, Calif., was elected in 2012, becoming the first openly gay person of color elected to Congress.
“I’m optimistic he will file a brief,” Takano said, as activists continue to pressure the White House, knowing that a brief from an administration often does have weight with the court. “He did file a brief in the [DOMA] case. And a number of different groups have piled on, including business execs and even some notable Republicans have filed briefs in the [Prop 8] case. Given what the president said both at the inauguration and the State of the Union, i’m hopeful he’s going to weigh in on the Perry case.” (Scroll down to listen the full interview)
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