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Experts: Proposition 8 Judge's Sexual Orientation Is Non-Issue
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO -- The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban insist they are not trying to disqualify the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay. Instead, they argue the judge's decade-long relationship with another man poses a potential conflict because they might want to get hitched themselves. Elaine Thompson, AP The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban say the recent disclosure by Judge Vaughn R. Walker that he is in a long-term relationship with another man has given them new grounds to appeal the ruling that struck down Proposition 8 ...
Judge's Gay Partner Raised in Proposition 8 Appeal
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO -- Proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban filed a motion Monday asking that the historic ruling be overturned because the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 was in a long-term relationship with another man. Lawyers for the ban's backers said in the motion in San Francisco's U.S. District Court that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker should have removed himself from the case, or at least disclosed his relationship status, because his "impartiality might reasonably be questioned." Elaine Thompson, AP The sponsors of California's same-sex ...
Judge Who Struck Down Prop 8 Confirms He's Gay
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO -- The federal judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban has confirmed that he's gay. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker retired in February, several months after his landmark decision that's being challenged in an appeals court. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Walker told reporters Wednesday that he never considered recusing himself from the case because he believes his sexual orientation was irrelevant in deciding the constitutionality of Proposition 8. It's the first time that Walker confirmed longtime rumors that he's gay. He says a judge stepping ...
Walker, Judge Who Overturned Proposition 8, to Retire
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Sept. 30) -- The federal judge who struck down California's same-sex marriage ban is retiring, his court has announced. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court Northern District of California, will return to the private sector at the end of the year. Walker, a Republican appointed by former President George H.W. Bush, ruled in August that California's voter-approved Proposition 8 defining marriage as a union between a man and woman was unconstitutional. "Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial ...
California Court Refuses to Force State to Defend Gay Marriage Ban
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA California court has thrown out a lawsuit seeking to force Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a federal judge's decision to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage. Sacramento's Third District Court of Appeals made no comment Friday when it dismissed the suit filed this week by the conservative Pacific Justice Institute, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. The institute said it would appeal to the California Supreme Court in order to get a reversal of Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's Aug. 4 ruling striking down Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot ...
Judge Walker Says Calif. Gays Can Wed Soon; America Moves Toward Acceptance
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 12) -- The incoming tide shows no signs of turning. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that legally recognized marriages of gay and lesbian couples living in California can resume on Aug. 18, the Los Angeles Times reported. Walker's directive comes after the state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and its attorney general, Jerry Brown, each filed motions to allow same-sex marriages to once again be performed in the Golden State. Following Walker's ruling against Proposition 8, supporters of the amendment to California's Constitution, which defined marriage as ...
Judge Keeps Same-Sex Nuptials on Hold, for Now
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 12) -- A federal judge on Thursday put gay marriages on hold for at least another six days in California, raising hopes among same-sex couples that they soon will be able to tie the knot after years of agonizing delays. Judge Vaughn Walker gave opponents of same-sex weddings until Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. to get a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on whether gay marriage should resume. Gay marriages could happen at that point or be put off indefinitely depending on how the court rules. Walker struck down the state's voter-approved gay marriage ban last week in a ...
Gay Marriage's Biggest Supporters: Children of Gay Parents
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyBy now we've all seen (and, in my case, wept over) the images: couples long denied the right to marry swept up in the energy and excitement of a battle (temporarily) won. With the majority of Americans now polling (for the first time!) in favor of gay marriage, today Judge Vaughn Walker indicated gay marriages will once again go forward, starting August 18, in California. The move came in the wake of last week's Proposition 8 decision, in which Judge Walker ruled the state's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. "Proposition 8 ," Walker wrote, "fails to advance any rational basis in ...
Opinion: Clearing Away Gay Marriage Myths
By Michael Medved - AOL News(Aug. 6) -- The decision by federal Judge Vaughn Walker to invalidate California's Proposition 8 both recycles and revives some of the tired, misleading clichés regarding the same-sex marriage controversy. These distortions demand direct, concise correction and rebuttal. 1. "Proposition 8 was a mean-spirited ban on gay marriage." Proposition 8 banned nothing. The ubiquitous headlines describing this voter-mandated change in the California Constitution as a "gay marriage ban" amount to an egregious example of journalistic malpractice. The entire proposition consisted of only 14 words: "Only ...
Schwarzenegger Calls for Same-Sex Weddings
By not in system - AOL NewsSAN FRANCISCO (Aug. 6) -- Lawyers for gay couples, California Gov. Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown filed legal motions Friday telling a federal judge that allowing same-sex marriages to resume immediately in the state was the right thing to do. The motions came two days after U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker struck down California's voter-approved gay marriage ban as unconstitutional. In his 136-page decision, Walker said gay marriages should begin immediately. But later Wednesday, he agreed to suspend weddings until he could consider the legal arguments he ordered to ...
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