The Legal Fight Over Preposition 8 Seems To Have No End

A federal judge, Vaughn Walker appealed to declare Preposition 8 as unauthorized, which prohibited marriage among people belonging to the same sex. The appeal was supported by another judge, which seemed to give a strong blow on the then active law preposition 8.

Walker’s appeal was opposed by the fact that Judge Walker himself was a gay and had long –term relationship with a man. His appeal was influenced with his personal life and was completely biased. On the contrary, Chief Judge James Ware of Federal District Court for the Northern District of California believed that the case was not based on Walker’s personal life and that the court did not want him to reveal anything about his personal life as he declared the clause Preposition 8 as illegal.

Chad Griffin, President of the American Foundation for Equal Rights claimed this decision as a victory of the equal rights and treatments for all Americans and that it was a break from old religious notions which believed marriage as an institution that could take place only between a man and woman.

The controversy was not over with Judge Ware’s decision, as the ProtectMarriage. com legal team, representing supporters of Proposition 8, opposed to the decision of Judge Ware and was determined to re appeal for the case in other court.