Court Upholds Prop 8 Ruling
Jun 14th, 2011 | 3 responses
A federal judge has upheldJudge Walker’s ruling striking down Proposition 8, rejecting a challenge that claimed the ruling was invalid because Walker is gay and thus could theoretically benefit from the ruling.
This was hardly an unexpected ruling, I’ve spoken with supporters of Proposition 8 who agreed that this was a pretty weak argument. If a gay judge cannot rule on same sex marriage then wouldn’t that prohibit a married judge from ruling on divorce or a female judge from ruling on abortion, etc.
District Court Judge James Ware stated it clearly in his ruling
“It is not reasonable to presume that a judge is incapable of making an impartial decision about the constitutionality of a law, solely because, as a citizen, the judge could be affected by the proceedings,”
So not a huge surprise but still a nice victory for those on the side of marriage equality.
3 Responses to “Court Upholds Prop 8 Ruling”
I cannot see how any other ruling was possible.
In other court news, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in rather blunt language, overturned Judge Sumi’s ruling against the Wisconsin legislators.
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I still don’t get how we are still arguing about the rights of consenting adults to do something other consenting adults get to do. Homosexuality has been with us throughout history and this doesn’t affect straight marriages at all.