$168047 / S168066 / S168078 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA KAREN L. STRAUSS, et al., Petitioners, v. MARK B. HORTON et al., State Registrar of Vital Statistics, etc., Respondents DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH et al., Interveners ROBIN TYLER et al., Peti v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Respondents; DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH et al., Interveners ers, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Petitioners v. MARK B. HORTON et al., as State Registrar of Vital Statistics, etc., Respondents; DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH et al, Interveners APPLICATION TO FILE BRIEF AND BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE ARCHBISHOP MARK STEVEN SHIRILAU IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS AND OTHER PARTIES ARGUING IN FAVOR OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 8’S ALLEGED VALIDITY The Most Reverend Dr. Mark S. Shirilau Archbishop and Primate The Ecumenical Catholic Church 8539 Bamwood Lane Riverside, CA 92508-7126 Telephone (951) 789-7008 Facsimile: (951) 789-0783 Archbishop@ecchurch.org, Amicus Curiae in Propria PersonaTable of Contents Table of Authorities Application to File Brief of Amicus Curiae ... Il. Religious Freedom TABLE OF CONTENTS General Interest of Amicus Curiae ... Introduction and Summary of Argument ‘A. Proposition 8's Attempt to Revise the California Constitution Contradicts the Constitut of Religious Freedom B. The Alleged Section 7.5 Attempted to Be Inserted in Article 1 of the Constitution Is Ipso Facto a False Statement ... 3 C. Proposition 8 Was In Fact an Improper Attempt to Revise the California Constitution D. ~ Proposition 8 Violates the Separation of Powers: poeta E. Proposition 8 Is Incapable of Altering Existing Marriages Or Their Legal Recognition F. The Attorney General is Correct in Asserting that Proposition 8 Abrogates Fundamental Rights A. The Ecumenical Catholic Church Teaches Marriage Equality . 5 B. The California Constitution Guarantees Religious Freedom .... 8 C. Limiting Marriage to Different-Sex Couples Denies Our Religious Freedom D. Proposition # Is Logically Incapable of Protecting Religious Freedom.TL. TL . Revision Not Amendment E. Historical Error Is Not a Valid Excuse F. Proposition 8 Establishes a Religious Doctrine Into Civil Law.. False Statement ‘A. Words Are Defined by Usage .. B. The Constitution Only Speaks for the State .. C. Alleged Section 7.5 Is Ipso Facto False .. A. Consider the Rationale .. B. Simplicity Does Not An “Amendment” Make .. C. The Constitution Should Be Logically Self-Consistent ... D. Issues of Far Less Importance Cannot Be Passed by Simple Majority . eS 30 E. The Revision Process Safeguards Against False Information 30 The Revision Process Safeguards Against Out-of-State Influence . G. Proposition 8 Is a Revision, Not an Amendment, of the Constitution Violation of Separation of Powers A. The Petitioners Have Eloquently Stated the Violation .. B. The Interveners’ Arguments Are Inconsistent and Self-Serving ...