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Thank you for this reply. I think the issue of standing in this case is just as interesting and important as the same sex marriage issue. Could you link to some of the expert's columns/blogs/etc... that you've read on the issue?

If the justices rule that the defenders of prop 8 don't have standing are there any other groups that might be able to argue that they do?

that even if the proponents lacked the right to defend the initiative, a state official who doesn’t want to perform same-sex marriage would have such a right.

Interesting quote from the Chief Justice. Being required to enforce a law you disagree with is enough standing to challenge the law in court. So all the proponents of prop 8 would have to do would be to find someone that didn't want to perform a gay marriage, get two same-sex people to attempt to be married by this person, and we go through this whole process over again?