Judge Vaughn Walker has allowed the other shoe to drop in the saga of Prop H8 in California, issuing a ruling today that will allow LGBT couples to obtain marriage licenses beginning August 18th. Judge Walker looked at many factors in arriving at his decision: the lack of support for keeping Proposition 8 from either the Governor or Attorney General of California; failure to show that the proponets or others will be harmed by lack of a stay; and there was no demonstrated public interest for the court to continue to stand in the way of LGBT couples getting married.
My favorite statement in his ruling in answering the claim that lifting the stay would somehow do harm to the supporters of this bigotry:
Proponents also point to harm resulting from “a cloud of uncertainty” surrounding the validity of marriages performed after judgment is entered... Proponents have not, however, alleged that any of them seek to wed a same-sex
spouse.
HAHAHA!
Good to see Judge Walker can see clearly.. and has a sense of humor as well!
ReplyDeleteHope there a bunch of persons who get married now. Yeah for Judge Walker.
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