Posted 3 months ago with 182 notesFederal Court Agrees that California’s Prop. 8 Is Unconstitutional
On Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Prop. 8, the voter approved ban on California gay marriage, is unconstitutional, upholding a lower court’s ruling that the ballot measure. The court also rejected the argument that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself from the case because he is gay and has a longtime partner.
The Los Angeles Times reported before the ruling that the losing party can appeal the ruling to a larger panel of the 9th Circuit, which would delay a Supreme Court review for many months or longer, or go directly to the high court. Read more.
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Couldn’t be prouder of my home-away-from-home state. Now let’s make this thing legal kids!
The fact that people don’t support marriage equality really is just confounding to me. Congratulations, California, ring...