It is truly amazing, and disgusting, that anyone entrusted with the great responsibility of being a U.S. District Court judge would defy law, reason and the will of the people to overturn a California law that banned so-called "same-sex marriage."
Individuals may have whatever personal relationships they choose. But marriage long has been recognized in law as a union of one man and one woman. California, like many states, reasonably had legislated that same-sex relationships are not "marriage."
But now, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco has ruled that California cannot ban "same-sex marriage."
The case had been filed by two same-sex couples who claimed that banning "same-sex marriage" violated their civil rights.
The ruling by the judge defies the majority vote by the residents of California, who specifically rejected "same-sex marriage" by adopting Proposition 8 in a statewide referendum in November 2008.
The irrational ruling has been appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and may later be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
We hope sound reason, sound law and sound practice will be upheld by majorities in those courts when they are called upon to make a final decision.