AFER, the American Foundation for Equal Rights, today announced a major announcement is coming tomorrow in the Prop 8 case. Prop 8, a constitutional amendment to California’s constitution, banned same-sex marriage. Tomorrow, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to announce if it will hear Perry v. Brown, the Proposition 8 case, again, “en banc.” En banc means a panel of 11 Ninth Circuit judges, randomly chosen.
Assuming the Ninth Circuit refuses to rehear the case, the anti-gay marriage supporters of Prop 8 — who requested an en banc hearing back in February — are expected to take the case to the Supreme Court.
At issue: if Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself because he is gay and in a long-term relationship, if Prop 8 is constitutional, and if the pro-Prop 8 supporters — the anti-gay folks — even have standing to appeal this case.
All of these questions were already answered back in February when a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled that Judge Walker shut not have recused himself, ruled that Prop 8 is unconstitutional, but ruled that the Prop 8 supporters did have standing — the right to represent the case.
For more, read our Prop 8 stories archive, our Judge Walker stories archive, and our AFER stories archive.
AFER posted the above excellent infographic that explains all this in a nice format. If you want to see a larger version, visit AFER and AFER’s full timeline of Perry v. Brown.
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The bigots are psychopathic tyrannical theocrats. They actually demand for all gay people to be excluded from legal decisions pertaining to . . gay people. When a Republican-appointed heterosexual judge finds not in their favor, the bigots start blasting that judge, not with legal arguments, but with "God said so!" or some other hearsay. They have no respect for how the courts function. They might not know what to do with themselves, if they weren't so busy beating down on a minority. They are sick in their heads.
Prop 8 is a zombie — its already dead but doesn't know it. Now just a few dozen more bullets to the head, a shotgun blast to the face, an icepick in the back and a dousing with gasoline and a match — and poor 'ol Prop 8 will be history. I look forward to dancing on its corpse.
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