Civil Rights
Aug. 6, 2010
Federal Judge Strikes Down Prop. 8
In a landmark 136-page ruling that is already en route to higher courts for review, Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker Wednesday struck down Proposition 8, California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - In a landmark 136-page ruling that is already en route to higher courts for review, Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker Wednesday struck down Proposition 8, California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban, finding it was rooted in moral disapproval and violates gay couples' constitutional rights to due process and equal protection.
The judge, who p...
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