Judge Striked Down California's Proposition 8 Against Gay Marriage
A federal judge not only struck down California's Proposition 8 (2008), which disallowed same-sex marriage. But the ruling not only said that homosexual marriage should be allowed, it challenged the very concept of gay marriage.
U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker essentially said that marriage is an established institution. The genders of each member of the couple are no longer a legal issue.
"The evidence shows that the movement of marriage away from a gendered institution and toward an institution free from state-mandated gender roles reflects an evolution in the understanding of gender rather than a change in marriage. The exclusion exists as an artifact of a time when the genders were seen as having distinct roles in society and in marriage. That time has passed."
The decision is already being challenged in court, and will not have an immediate affect on same-sex marriages in California. Because a previous decision had allowed same-sex marriage in California, some gay and lesbian couples were married before Proposition 8 passed.
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