Federal Judge Vaughn Walker Wednesday struck down as unconstitutional a state-wide ban on same-sex marriage, setting the stage for a series of appeals in a landmark case likely headed to the US Supreme Court.
Now that Prop. 8 has been overturned, the decision potentially opens the way for resumption of legal marriages between gay and lesbian partners in the nation’s largest state.
In addition, the high-profile case will force the nation and its federal judges to confront the issue of gay civil rights and same-sex marriage. Last month, a federal judge in Boston ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause…
… The judge belittled the motives of supporters of California’s state-wide ballot initiative, Proposition 8, saying they were acting out of “fear or unarticulated dislike of same-sex couples.” Read complete article –
Gay Marriage -> Restores “Hope of Love”
To Children In Early Childhood
Gay marriage - Sexual orientation is less about sex and more about love,
being one with another human being - Attachment Theory
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Campaigns Against “Gay Marriage” Have Been A Vehicle
To Convey Certain People Into Political Office
Prop 8 ruled unconstitutional as lacking rational basis
Nan Hunter
Professor, Georgetown Law, Washington, DC
hunter of justice
Gay Marriage Ruling A Matter of Simple Justice
by Geoffrey R. Stone
law professor at the University of Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Same-sex marriage - The Big Picture
August 4, 2010 - Boston.com
Same-Sex Marriages Should Be Allowed, Schwarzenegger Says
By Edvard Pettersson – August 7, 2010
BusinessWeek
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