Preliminary Round-up on Proposition 8 rulingAP: “A person close to the case says a federal judge has overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court.” | The 138 page ruling is here. | ADF Media Information page is here. This post will be updated. New reports San Francisco Chronicle: “Judge being gay a nonissue during Prop. 8 trial” (posted on The Drudge Report) Los Angeles Times: “Judge strikes down Prop. 8, allows gay marriage in California” Wall Street Journal: “Judge Voids Voter Initiative Banning Gay Marriage” [includes map depicting “where each sate stands on the same-sex marriage issue.” Pro Proposition 8 — Supporters of marriage between one man and woman FRC Criticizes Court Ruling, Warns against the Roe v. Wade of Same-Sex “Marriage” Concerned Women for America: “Judge Walker’s decision goes far beyond homosexual ‘marriage’ to strike at the heart of our representative democracy. Judge Walker has declared, in effect, that his opinion is supreme and ‘We the People’ are no longer free to govern ourselves. The ruling should be appealed and overturned immediately.” Newt Gingrich: “Congress now has the responsibility to act immediately to reaffirm marriage as a union of one man and one woman as our national policy.” Rick Garnett at Mirror of Justice Anti-Proposition 8 – Same sex “marriage” supporters ACLU: California Marriage Ban Struck Down Commentary William A. Jacobson at Legal Insurrection: “The Judge even designated a section of the opinion ‘Credibility Determinations.’ Many commentators think the Judge was trying to insulate the opinion from appeal since appeals courts do not normally overturn credibility determinations, since only the trial judge observed the witness. In this case, the Judge seems to be trying too hard to insulate the opinion, and I doubt that on such a momentus finding of a new constitutional right for same sex marriage that an appeals court, much less the U.S. Supreme Court, will care much about the credibility of witnesses as a basis for a legal ruling.” The Volokh Conspiracy: Key Language From Judge Walker’s Opinion |