Judge’s Reversal of Proposition 8: Vote Against Gay Marriage
Californians overwhelmingly voted to deny giving gays the right to marry on two separate occasions during the past 10 years. The latest June 2008 vote re-affirmed that sentiment. On 8/4/10, however, Federal Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional because it violated the Equal Protection Clause.
CP USA supported a direct appeal of this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court on the grounds that one judge should not be able to vacate the will of 7 million Californians who voted to restrict such marriage.
The right to cast a vote and to have that vote count is the most fundamental right of U.S. citizens as outlined in the Constitution. No single judge can be allowed to mitigate that right.
