Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the stay banning same-sex marriage in California will remain in place until August 18, 2010 at 5 p.m. at which time Proposition 8 should no longer be enforced. The federal judge had found Proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage, unconstitutional last week, but imposed a temporary stay barring same-sex marriages. He wrote in the ruling: "Because proponents fail to satisfy any of the factors necessary ......
Jennifer and Ian Hughes of San Francisco didn't know what they were getting into when they planned to get married today. At around 11:30 a.m., on their way in to San Francisco's City Hall, the pair walked past same-sex couples waiting to see if they'd be able to get married — and Proposition 8 supporters arguing that they shouldn't. "If anything it's unfortunate that we can go in and get married ......
On the morning that District Court Judge Vaughn Walker will release his ruling on whether to lift a stay preventing same-sex marriages, dozens of people have gathered at San Francisco's City Hall, many of them anxiously waiting to tie the knot if he rules to let the weddings proceed. As they waited Mayor Gavin Newsom walked up the steps of City Hall, and a cheer went up. He stopped to ......
The officials who are responsible for enforcing Proposition 8 have called on the judge who struck it down Wednesday to let same-sex marriages begin. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state Attorney General Jerry Brown asked U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker Friday not to grant a stay that the attorneys defending Prop. 8 have requested. Ironically, Schwarzenegger and Brown are officially named as defendants in the suit, but they declined to stand up for ......
In the wake of his ruling overturning Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage, Judge Vaughn Walker's sexuality is now the subject of a handful of conservative commentators in statements issued today. During the Prop. 8 trial and until now, they have refrained from discussing Walker's sexual orientation as relevant to the case. No more. In a Fox News opinion piece, Catholic law professor Gerard Bradley fired the first shot across ......
