The delay is due to Judge Walker giving the proponents of Prop 8 time to ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay on his ruling. It makes sense for the judge to do this because it would be horrible if the stay was lifted today 8/12/10 and then stayed again a week later by the higher appeals court.“Proposition 8 violates the equal protection clause because it does not treat them equally," the judge ruled. Judge Walker's broad and clear ruling may eventually amount to a landmark court decision for gay rights when it reaches the US Supreme Court. “The evidence shows that, by every available metric, opposite-sex couples are not better than their same-sex counterparts; instead, as partners, parents and citizens, opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples are equal."
Meanwhile, groups like the Liberty Counsel, National Organization For Marriage, and Fox News continue to fight gay marriage by attacking Judge Walker or by scaring people about same-sex marriage.
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