75 prominent Republicans urge Supreme Court to overturn Prop 8

Dozens of well-known Republican politicos, including four former governors, have signed onto a brief submitted to the Supreme Court arguing in favor of marriage rights for same-sex couples and urging the Court to find California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional. The document is at odds with the position of House Republican leaders, whose lawyers are defending the principle that marriage can be restricted by law to heterosexual couples without running afoul of the Constitution. 

"We are trying to say to the court that we are judicial and political conservatives, and it is consistent with our values and philosophy for you to overturn Proposition 8," said Ken Mehlman, the former chair of the Republican National Committee.