The verdict is in: Prop 8 has been declared unconstitutional. According to The Associated Press, Federal Judge Vaughn Walker has overturned the voted-in California Proposition 8 and declared the ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional.
According to ABC 7 News, San Francisco city attorney Dennis Herrera commented: "Discrimination is not something that should be protected and tolerated. There is a governmental interest in insuring that we have equality for everybody irrespective of sexual orientation."
William May with Catholics for the Common Good disagreed: "It'd be devastatingly disappointing for him to overturn the will of 7 million California voters on something so fundamental and foundational to our society. And, of course this could have national ramifications."
It’s not just the verdict itself that has people talking. It’s the way in which Judge Walker wrote his decision. Some are saying that this will affect the case as it inevitably moves through the court system up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Says Herrera: "I think it's safe to say that the entirety of the decision is going to be scrubbed by everybody to look for what might be of import as the case proceeds up the change."
Those who support same-sex marriage are expected to march from the Castro to City Hall tonight at 6pm and rally at City Hall Plaza until 8pm.
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Supreme Court upholds plaintiffs’ request to ban cameras in San Francisco Prop 8 trial
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Source: ABC 7 News
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