Case nos. 12-17668, 12-16995, and 12-16998, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Beverly Sevcik, el al., plaintiffs-appellants, v. Brian Sandoval, and others, defendants-appellees, and Coalition for the Protection of Marriage, Intervenor-defendant-appellee ; Natasha N. Jackson, and others, plaintiffs-appellants, v. Neil S. Abercrombie, defendant-appellant, Loretta J. Fuddy, defendant-appellee, and Hawaii Family Forum, intervenor-defendant-appellee : amici curiae brief of National Women's Law Center, Williams Institute Scholars of Sexual Orientation and Gender Law, and women's legal groups in support of plaintiffs-appellants and reversal / David C.Codell, counsel of record ; Marcia D. Greenberger, Emily J. Martin, Cortelyou C. Kenney, counsel for amici curiae.