1.0Lambda Legalhttps://lambdalegal.orgllad1_3hdK828UqabjLdwhttps://lambdalegal.org/author/llad1_3hdk828uqabjldw/Respondents' Consolidated Reply Brief on the Meritsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LxGyPqnFCv"><a href="https://lambdalegal.org/legal_document/in-re-marriage_ca_20070817_respondents-consolidated-reply-brief-on-the-merits/">Respondents’ Consolidated Reply Brief on the Merits</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lambdalegal.org/legal_document/in-re-marriage_ca_20070817_respondents-consolidated-reply-brief-on-the-merits/embed/#?secret=LxGyPqnFCv" width="600" height="338" title="“Respondents’ Consolidated Reply Brief on the Merits” — Lambda Legal" data-secret="LxGyPqnFCv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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This brief replies to the briefs filed by the State of California, Governor Schwarzenegger, the Proposition 22 Legal Defense Fund and the Campaign for California Families and demonstrates why it violates the rights of privacy, due process, intimate association, expression and equality under the California Constitution to deny same-sex couples the freedom to marry.