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Little-Acorn
06-14-2011, 12:14 PM
It will probably go all the way to the Supreme Court, as most issues liberals are desperate to impose against the will of the people do.

Next intermediate step is today, apparently.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GAY_MARRIAGE_TRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-06-14-03-07-03

Judge to decide Calif. gay marriage case Tuesday

By LISA LEFF
Jun 14, 3:07 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge is deciding whether a gay judge's ruling to strike down California's same-sex marriage ban should be overturned because he failed to divulge his own marital intentions before throwing out the voter-approved measure.

Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware said he would issue a decision within 24 hours after a hearing Monday in which lawyers trying to salvage the ban posed an unprecedented legal argument questioning Judge Vaughn Walker's impartiality when he issued last year's landmark ruling that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional.

The lawyers insisted that Walker, who was chief judge of the Northern District of California at the time, should have recused himself or disclosed his relationship because he and his partner stood to personally benefit from the verdict.

"It now appears that Judge Walker, at the time the complaint was filed and throughout this litigation, occupied precisely those same shoes as the plaintiffs," attorney Charles Cooper said.

Abbey Marie
06-14-2011, 12:21 PM
Civil unions, marriage, in the end (pun intended) the perversity of what gays "do" will continue to disgust most people until the end of time. There just ain't no denying it.

And there is no legislation that can change that, much to the dismay of gays and their supporters.

Gaffer
06-14-2011, 12:27 PM
A queer judge has no business sitting on a case about queer marriage.

gabosaurus
06-14-2011, 01:02 PM
A queer judge has no business sitting on a case about queer marriage.

Does this mean pro-life judges have no right deciding cases involving abortion?

Little-Acorn
06-14-2011, 01:11 PM
Does this mean pro-life judges have no right deciding cases involving abortion?

How typical.

Do I really need to point out that judges who have NOT robbed banks, are perfectly qualified to judge cases of bank robbery... but judges who HAVE robbed banks, probably aren't?

gabosaurus
06-14-2011, 01:14 PM
Then why make your original comment? Stop being a hypocrite.

Little-Acorn
06-14-2011, 01:39 PM
:lol:

That sound you all just heard, was my comment passing over little gabby's head with room to spare.

fj1200
06-15-2011, 11:39 PM
Civil unions, marriage, in the end (pun intended) the perversity of what gays "do" will continue to disgust most people until the end of time. There just ain't no denying it.

And there is no legislation that can change that, much to the dismay of gays and their supporters.

Most people, more and more, just don't care. In the end... straights do it too. ;)

fj1200
06-15-2011, 11:46 PM
How typical.

No, the question is can the judge decide on the merits of the case. A pro-life judge is not as obvious a recusal case as this one may be but if he makes a decision based solely on his opinion then the decision wouldn't be valid; you might like it but still not valid. If you see that pro-life judge out protesting and holding signs in front of a PP then he better be ready for outcry if his beliefs match his opinions.