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Prop 8
Motion to vacate Prop 8 ruling over Judge Walker’s sexuality is denied
A federal judge who ruled against a ban on same-sex marriage in California and later revealed that he is gay showed no evidence he was prejudiced in the case, according to a ruling Tuesday.
Calif. Rabbis Respond to Prop. 8 Ruling
California Rabbis respond to the recent overturning Proposition 8
Prop. 8 Overturned, Judge Affirms Right to Gay Marriage
Robin Tyler’s home was full of television and radio reporters Wednesday afternoon, awaiting her reaction to Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn
Walker’s ruling on Proposition 8, and Tyler, a longtime gay activist, didn’t disappoint when Walker ruled that the voter approved ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
She cried.
Tyler has been fighting for gay rights since 1971, and she sees the Walker’s ruling as monumental.
Orthodox rabbis release statement on respecting homosexuals
Proposition 8 was overturned in part because it placed “the force of [U.S.] law behind stigmas against gays and lesbians,” according to a ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker. Just days before, in a statement released in late July that draws extensively on Jewish law, a group of Orthodox rabbis and educators wrote that even though halachah prohibits homosexual sex and same-sex relationships, gay Jews in their communities shouldn’t be subjected to social stigma.
Proposition 8 Overturned
A federal judge in California has knocked down the state\’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, ruling Wednesday that the state\’s controversial Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution.