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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55730\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8SM.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-55730\" title=\"prop8SM\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8SM-300x200.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Same-sex marriage supporters march after today's ruling (Don Clyde/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Davis law professor Vik Amar analyzed the 9th Circuit's Prop 8 ruling in an interview with KQED's Scott Shafer today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amar's take: The two judges in the majority, Stephen Reinhardt and Michael Hawkins, may have tailored their decision in the narrowest way possible -- applying only to California -- so as to give the ruling the best possible chance of \u003cem>not\u003c/em> being taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court. Amar also said if history is any guide, the more states that legalize same-sex marriage, the more inclined the Supreme Court may be to make it a federal right applicable across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's an edited transcript...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What's your initial take on the ruling? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the two judges making up the majority tried to write the opinion narrowly and probably did so because they were trying to minimize the interest of the Supreme Court in taking the case at the next level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they'd written an opinion that struck down bans on gay marriage not just in California but in all the states covered by the 9th Circuit, the Supreme Court would almost have to step in to resolve the matter one way or the other, because you would have had a very different federal rights regime west of the Rockies vs. the rest of country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by limiting the ruling and the reasoning to California and to Proposition 8, the Ninth Circuit judges at least give the Supreme Court an excuse not to step in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's ruling is monumental in a lot of respects: This is the first federal appellate ruling that holds there is a federal right to same-sex marriage, no matter how narrow the reasoning might be. That alone coupled with California's size and prominence may lead the Supreme Court to feel they have to weigh in. But as important as California is, it's still one state. If the decision had affected nine states rather than one, it would have been bigger still.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was no way the 9th circuit was going to rule for the plaintiffs and not create a significant risk that the Supreme Court would step in. The question wasn't whether the Supreme Court had its eye on this case, the question was how do you minimize that, and I think they tried to do that by keeping the reasoning specific to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may not work. The Prop 8 proponents may end up convincing the Supreme Court that this is a big ruling that needs to be dealt with, even though it affects California only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In terms of dissent from Judge Smith, who said he isn't convinced there \u003cem>isn't\u003c/em> a rational reason to limit marriage to heterosexuals, what impact might that have on the Supreme Court or on a possible Ninth Circuit \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_banc\">en banc panel\u003c/a>?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm not sure the dissent is going to influence many people on the Ninth Circuit or on the Supreme Court. This matter is important and has been in the news so much that a lot of judges on both courts probably have their own views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a lot of people who might agree with Judge Smith that Prop 8 is not unconstitutional would have written a very different dissent, stressing different issues. Judge Smith stressed procreation and child rearing, other people might stress how it should be permissible for states to proceed incrementally and with caution, and that you don't want too much social change too quickly. For some backers of same-sex marriage, that's a more plausible line of defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I'm not sure the particulars of what Judge Smith said in his defense will affect anybody, but it is a reminder that this is the kind of dispute where you're unlikely to have unanimity on any court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Washington state \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-06/washington-gay-marriage-bill/52994722/1\">may soon legalize gay marriage\u003c/a>. The senate has passed it; the governor says she'll sign it. What effect does the politics of same-sex marriage have on the ultimate resolution of this case legally?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think that the larger political backdrop has an enormous effect. Whether the Supreme Court always admits it or not –- and sometimes they do —- federal constitutional rights are easier to defend when there is a broad or emerging national consensus on them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is not to say that minorities should be deprived of their basic liberties simply because they haven't convinced the entire country that they're being treated unfairly. But when you do have social movements that reflect a broader national trend line, there are justices on the Supreme Court who will feel more comfortable saying what was a regional trend is now national, so they will feel more disposed to deem it a national right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Justice Kennedy, for instance, to embrace gay marriage as a federal right when five states or seven states have recognized it is different than if a dozen or 20 states have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One area in which the Supreme Court does this explicitly is the Cruel and Unusual punishment clause of the 8th Amendment. What counts as cruel and unusual depends on how many states do the same thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the most famous Supreme Court same-sex case to date, \u003ca href=\"http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2002/2002_02_102\">Lawrence vs. Texas\u003c/a>, in which the court struck down a law that made it a crime to engage in any same-sex conduct, I think it mattered a great deal that Texas was an outlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's a famous case from Colorado that Judge Reinhardt leaned on in his opinion today, \u003ca href=\"http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1995/1995_94_1039\">Romer v. Evans\u003c/a>, where the Supreme Court struck down a mean-spirited measure in Colorado that visited discrimination on gays and lesbians. In Justice Kennedy invalidating that measure, he highlighted that Colorado was an outlier, was doing something unusual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the more states that recognize same-sex marriage and the more that becomes the trend line, the more that those states who don't recognize it start to look like laggards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Thinking back to \u003ca href=\"http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1952/1952_1/\">Brown v. Board of Ed\u003c/a> on segregation and \u003ca href=\"http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1966/1966_395\">Loving v. Virginia\u003c/a> on interracial marriage, how would you compare the public mood about those issues versus the way the public feels now about gay marriage? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think it mattered a lot in Loving v. Virginia that a lot of states in the years leading up to 1967 had become more liberal with respect to interracial marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Supreme Court recognized interracial marriage decades before the Supreme Court in Loving, but in that intervening period a number of other states followed California's lead. So by the time the Supreme Court determined interracial marriage to be a national right in 1967, the trend line was clear and states that resisted begun to look like outliers. Brown vs. Board of Ed is a little different because you still had a big bloc of states that were adamant in not wanting to desegregate, so that was more regionalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With regard to same-sex marriage, it's been legalized mostly on the coasts, though you also have a state like Iowa that recognized it as well, albeit under a lot of controversy. But I do think these cases underscore that it's easier for the Supreme Court to take a step in recognizing a national right when that right is winning recognition in different parts of the country.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"title": "Appeals Court Upholds Vaughn Walker Ruling Invalidating Prop. 8",
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"content": "\u003cp>The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling invalidating Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/radiospecials/R201202071800\">\u003cstrong>Listen to KQED News Prop 8 special\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/read-the-full-prop-8-ruling-and-key-passages/\">\u003cstrong>Read the ruling and key passages\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-appeals-court-decision/#twitter\">\u003cstrong>Reaction on Twitter\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-ruling-legal-analysis-decision-was-made-with-eye-toward-supreme-court/\">\u003cstrong>Legal analysis\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kqedradio/sets/72157629218649235/\">\u003cstrong>Photos\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The federal appeals court has declared California’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 2-1 Tuesday that Walker, a lower-court judge, interpreted the U.S. Constitution correctly in 2010 when he declared Proposition 8 to be a violation of the civil rights of gays and lesbians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55643\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 225px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop81.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55643\" title=\"prop81\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop81-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At an anti-Prop 8 rally before the hearing. (Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The measure, which passed with 52 percent of the vote in 2008, outlawed same-sex unions just five months after they became legal in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for Proposition 8 sponsors and for two couples who sued to overturn the ban have said they would appeal to the Supreme Court if they did not receive a favorable ruling from the 9th Circuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A stay on same-sex marriage remains in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key passage from the ruling:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier today, KQED’s Scott Shafer reported from outside the court on 7th and Mission in San Francisco:\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>The decision was a narrow one, focusing on the proposition itself and the fact that California voters withdrew a right that had existed before Prop 8 was passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Several dozen mostly supporters of same-sex marriage had gathered in front of the court awaiting the decision. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8whoop.mp3\">whoop went up from the crowd\u003c/a> almost instantaneously when it was released, accompanied by honking horns from passing motorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The panel of judges that made the ruling is ideologically diverse, with two having been appointed by Democrats and the third by George W. Bush. That judge, N. Randy Smith, dissented, asserting that he just wasn’t convinced that Prop 8 doesn’t have a rationally related reason attached to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that it’s not unanimous makes it a little more likely that Prop 8 backers can go to the 9th Circuit and ask for an en banc review, made up of a larger panel of 11 judges. That would delay the case from going to the U.S. Supreme Court by possibly up to a year. The losing side has 14 days to decide whether to petition the court for such a review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the unknowns before the decision was whether the ruling would be a broad, having national significance, or a narrower one that focused on Prop 8 in California. The decision was a narrow one, focusing on the proposition itself and the fact that California voters withdrew a right that had existed before Prop 8 was passed. The narrower ruling might make it a little less likely that the Supreme Court would take the case up, but that remains to be seen.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On two ancillary issues, whether Prop 8 proponents have standing to defend the law in court, and whether Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself because of his own long-term same-sex relationship, the court was in unanimous agreement. It ruled that proponents do have the legal right to defend a proposition in court, and that Walker’s same-sex relationship did not require his recusal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Organization For Marriage, the main group supporting Proposition 8, has \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationformarriage.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=omL2KeN0LzH&b=5134145&ct=11622743¬oc=1\">condemned the ruling\u003c/a>. From the press release:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“As sweeping and wrong-headed as this decision is, it nonetheless was as predictable as the outcome of a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition game,” said Brian Brown, NOM’s president. “We have anticipated this outcome since the moment San Francisco Judge Vaughn Walker’s first hearing in the case. Now we have the field cleared to take this issue to the US Supreme Court, where we have every confidence we will prevail.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:07 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/newtgingrich/status/166956181204647936\">Newt Gingrich’s Twitter response\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/#!/newtgingrich/status/166956181204647936\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And from Mitt Romney, per the \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/on-gay-marriage-mitt-romney-veers-hard-to-the-right/2012/02/07/gIQALE48wQ_blog.html\">Washington Post Plum Line blog\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of California who voted to protect traditional marriage. This decision does not end this fight, and I expect it to go to the Supreme Court. That prospect underscores the vital importance of this election and the movement to preserve our values. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and, as president, I will protect traditional marriage and appoint judges who interpret the Constitution as it is written and not according to their own politics and prejudices.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As for the White House response, Obama administration press secretary Jay Carney \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3MO-thT-gk&feature=player_embedded\">wasn’t saying much\u003c/a>, other than this: “The president has long opposed, as you know, discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same-sex couples.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G3MO-thT-gk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"274\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:45 p.m.\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Caitlin Esch, at the courthouse today, recorded the following \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8whoop.mp\">whoop that went up from the crowd\u003c/a> of same-sex marriage supporters as soon as the ruling was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8whoop.mp3\">Audio: Crowd reacts to court ruling\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n[audio:http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8whoop.mp3|titles=prop8whoop]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"twitter\">\u003c/a>Click on the play button below to see \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23Prop8\">reaction to the ruling on Twitter\u003c/a>\u003ca name=\"twitter\">\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=d26f022e09/height=550/width=470\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"470\" height=\"550\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8fulltext.pdf\">full text of the decision\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"View Ninth Circuit Prop. 8 decision on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/80809524/Ninth-Circuit-Prop-8-decision\">Ninth Circuit Prop. 8 decision\u003c/a>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/80809524/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-50ouzjzre6bsg062onq\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:50 a.m.\u003c/strong> Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued this statement on the decision:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I celebrate the decision by the Ninth Circuit Court today. This is a great day for marriage equality and a great day for California families. The Court affirmed today that there is nothing in the Constitution that allows discrimination and we are on our way to protecting the fundamental rights of everyone in our State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, we will continue the fight until everyone is treated equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco stands ready to begin marrying same sex couples, and we remain as deeply committed to the fight for marriage equality today as we did nearly eight years ago when then Mayor Gavin Newsom started one of the most important civil rights issues of our generation to ensure equality for all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would also like to acknowledge the tireless work of our City Attorney Dennis Herrera and his team in defense of marriage equality and the California Constitution these last eight years. Together, we will take this fight all the way to the nation’s highest court, if necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling invalidating Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/radiospecials/R201202071800\">\u003cstrong>Listen to KQED News Prop 8 special\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/read-the-full-prop-8-ruling-and-key-passages/\">\u003cstrong>Read the ruling and key passages\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-appeals-court-decision/#twitter\">\u003cstrong>Reaction on Twitter\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-ruling-legal-analysis-decision-was-made-with-eye-toward-supreme-court/\">\u003cstrong>Legal analysis\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kqedradio/sets/72157629218649235/\">\u003cstrong>Photos\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The federal appeals court has declared California’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled 2-1 Tuesday that Walker, a lower-court judge, interpreted the U.S. Constitution correctly in 2010 when he declared Proposition 8 to be a violation of the civil rights of gays and lesbians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55643\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 225px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop81.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55643\" title=\"prop81\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop81-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At an anti-Prop 8 rally before the hearing. (Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The measure, which passed with 52 percent of the vote in 2008, outlawed same-sex unions just five months after they became legal in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for Proposition 8 sponsors and for two couples who sued to overturn the ban have said they would appeal to the Supreme Court if they did not receive a favorable ruling from the 9th Circuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A stay on same-sex marriage remains in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key passage from the ruling:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier today, KQED’s Scott Shafer reported from outside the court on 7th and Mission in San Francisco:\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>The decision was a narrow one, focusing on the proposition itself and the fact that California voters withdrew a right that had existed before Prop 8 was passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Several dozen mostly supporters of same-sex marriage had gathered in front of the court awaiting the decision. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8whoop.mp3\">whoop went up from the crowd\u003c/a> almost instantaneously when it was released, accompanied by honking horns from passing motorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The panel of judges that made the ruling is ideologically diverse, with two having been appointed by Democrats and the third by George W. Bush. That judge, N. Randy Smith, dissented, asserting that he just wasn’t convinced that Prop 8 doesn’t have a rationally related reason attached to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that it’s not unanimous makes it a little more likely that Prop 8 backers can go to the 9th Circuit and ask for an en banc review, made up of a larger panel of 11 judges. That would delay the case from going to the U.S. Supreme Court by possibly up to a year. The losing side has 14 days to decide whether to petition the court for such a review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the unknowns before the decision was whether the ruling would be a broad, having national significance, or a narrower one that focused on Prop 8 in California. The decision was a narrow one, focusing on the proposition itself and the fact that California voters withdrew a right that had existed before Prop 8 was passed. The narrower ruling might make it a little less likely that the Supreme Court would take the case up, but that remains to be seen.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On two ancillary issues, whether Prop 8 proponents have standing to defend the law in court, and whether Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself because of his own long-term same-sex relationship, the court was in unanimous agreement. It ruled that proponents do have the legal right to defend a proposition in court, and that Walker’s same-sex relationship did not require his recusal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Organization For Marriage, the main group supporting Proposition 8, has \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationformarriage.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=omL2KeN0LzH&b=5134145&ct=11622743¬oc=1\">condemned the ruling\u003c/a>. From the press release:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“As sweeping and wrong-headed as this decision is, it nonetheless was as predictable as the outcome of a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition game,” said Brian Brown, NOM’s president. “We have anticipated this outcome since the moment San Francisco Judge Vaughn Walker’s first hearing in the case. Now we have the field cleared to take this issue to the US Supreme Court, where we have every confidence we will prevail.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:07 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/newtgingrich/status/166956181204647936\">Newt Gingrich’s Twitter response\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/#!/newtgingrich/status/166956181204647936\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And from Mitt Romney, per the \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/on-gay-marriage-mitt-romney-veers-hard-to-the-right/2012/02/07/gIQALE48wQ_blog.html\">Washington Post Plum Line blog\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of California who voted to protect traditional marriage. This decision does not end this fight, and I expect it to go to the Supreme Court. That prospect underscores the vital importance of this election and the movement to preserve our values. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and, as president, I will protect traditional marriage and appoint judges who interpret the Constitution as it is written and not according to their own politics and prejudices.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>As for the White House response, Obama administration press secretary Jay Carney \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3MO-thT-gk&feature=player_embedded\">wasn’t saying much\u003c/a>, other than this: “The president has long opposed, as you know, discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same-sex couples.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/G3MO-thT-gk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"274\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:45 p.m.\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Caitlin Esch, at the courthouse today, recorded the following \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8whoop.mp\">whoop that went up from the crowd\u003c/a> of same-sex marriage supporters as soon as the ruling was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/prop8whoop.mp3\">Audio: Crowd reacts to court ruling\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Here is \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/80809524/Ninth-Circuit-Prop-8-decision\">today's full Appeals Court decision\u003c/a> upholding Judge Vaughn Walker's decision to strike down Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"View Ninth Circuit Prop. 8 decision on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/80809524/Ninth-Circuit-Prop-8-decision\">Ninth Circuit Prop. 8 decision\u003c/a>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/80809524/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-50ouzjzre6bsg062onq\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first few passages summarize the findings and also speak to the narrowness of the ruling, which did not address \"whether under the Constitution same-sex couples may ever be denied the right to marry.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Although the Constitution permits communities to enact most laws they believe to be desirable, it requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently. There was no such reason that Proposition 8 could have been enacted. Because under California statutory law, same-sex couples had all the rights of opposite-sex couples, regardless of their marital status, all parties agree that Proposition 8 had one effect only. It stripped same-sex couples of the ability they previously possessed to obtain from the State, or any other authorized party, an important right--the right to obtain and use the designation of 'marriage' to describe their relationships. Nothing more, nothing less. Proposition 8 therefore could not have been enacted to advance California's interests in child-rearing or responsible procreation, for it had no effect on the rights of same-sex couples to raise children or on the procreative practices of other couples. Nor did Proposition 8 have any effect on religious freedom or on parents' rights to control their children's education; it could not have been enacted to safeguard these liberties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that Proposition 8 accomplished was to take away from the same-sex couples the right to be granted marriage licenses and thus legally to use the designation of 'marriage', which symbolizes state legitimization and societal recognition of their committed relationships. Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. The Constitution simply does not allow for \"laws of this sort.\" Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620, 633 \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broader issues have been urged for our consideration, but we adhere to the principle of deciding constitutional questions only in the context of the particular case before the Court,\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0339_0629_ZS.html\">Sweatt v. Painter\u003c/a>, 339 U.S. 629, 631 (1950). Whether under the Constitution same-sex couples may ever be denied the right to marry, a right that has long been enjoyed by opposite-sex couples, is an important and highly controversial question. It is currently a matter of great debate in our nation, and an issue over which people of good will may disagree, sometimes strongly. Of course, when questions of constitutional law are necessary to the resolution of a case, courts may not and should not abstain from deciding them simply because they are controversial. We need not and do not answer the broader question in this case, however, because California had already extended to committed same-sex couples both the incidents of marriage and the official designation of 'marriage,' and Proposition 8's only effect was to take away that important and legally significant designation, while leaving in place all of its incidents. 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There was no such reason that Proposition 8 could have been enacted. Because under California statutory law, same-sex couples had all the rights of opposite-sex couples, regardless of their marital status, all parties agree that Proposition 8 had one effect only. It stripped same-sex couples of the ability they previously possessed to obtain from the State, or any other authorized party, an important right--the right to obtain and use the designation of 'marriage' to describe their relationships. Nothing more, nothing less. Proposition 8 therefore could not have been enacted to advance California's interests in child-rearing or responsible procreation, for it had no effect on the rights of same-sex couples to raise children or on the procreative practices of other couples. Nor did Proposition 8 have any effect on religious freedom or on parents' rights to control their children's education; it could not have been enacted to safeguard these liberties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that Proposition 8 accomplished was to take away from the same-sex couples the right to be granted marriage licenses and thus legally to use the designation of 'marriage', which symbolizes state legitimization and societal recognition of their committed relationships. Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. The Constitution simply does not allow for \"laws of this sort.\" Romer v. 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On April 6, 2011, after resigning from the bench, former Chief Judge Walker disclosed he was gay and that he had for the past ten years been in a relationship with another man. Proponents moved shortly thereafter to vacate the judgment on the basis that 28 U.S.C. Sec. 455(b)(4) obligated Chief Judge Walker to recuse himself, because he had an “interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding,” and that 28 U.S.C. Sec. 455(a) obligated him either to recuse himself or to disclose his potential conflict, because his “impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” . . .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> The district court properly held that . . . Chief Judge Walker had no obligation to recuse himself . . . 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