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Experts: Proposition 8 Judge's Sexual Orientation Is Non-Issue

SAN FRANCISCO -- The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban insist they are not trying to disqualify the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay. Instead, they argue the judge's decade-long relationship with another man poses a potential conflict because they might want to get hitched...

Judge's Gay Partner Raised in Proposition 8 Appeal

SAN FRANCISCO -- Proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban filed a motion Monday asking that the historic ruling be overturned because the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 was in a long-term relationship with another man. Lawyers for the ban's backers said in the motion in San Francisco's U.S. District...

Judge Who Struck Down Prop 8 Confirms He's Gay

SAN FRANCISCO -- The federal judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban has confirmed that he's gay. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker retired in February, several months after his landmark decision that's being challenged in an appeals court. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Walker told reporters...

Walker, Judge Who Overturned Proposition 8, to Retire

(Sept. 30) -- The federal judge who struck down California's same-sex marriage ban is retiring, his court has announced. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court Northern District of California, will return to the private sector at the end of the year. Walker, a Republican appointed...

Judge Walker Says Calif. Gays Can Wed Soon; America Moves Toward Acceptance

(Aug. 12) -- The incoming tide shows no signs of turning. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that legally recognized marriages of gay and lesbian couples living in California can resume on Aug. 18, the Los Angeles Times reported. Walker's directive comes after the state's governor, Arnold...

Vaughn Walker News From the Web

05/21/12 Reading Assignments as a Condition of Bail? Really? Source: Prawfs Blawg Reading Assignments as a Condition of Bail?
05/10/12 Obama On Same-Sex Marriage: Personal Support, But Not... Source: International Business Times (Australia) States always had the right to set marriage laws that the federal government would accept, until 1996's Defense of Marriage Act, which forced Washington to only recognize marriages between men and women.
05/02/12 Judge: Prosecutor's rejection of gay juror 'shocking' Source: MSNBC A judge in San Diego has dismissed an entire jury panel in a case involving same-sex marriage activists, saying the prosecutors' rejection of a possible juror because of his sexual orientation violated the defendants' rights to a representative jury, local media reports say.

Background on Vaughn Walker

Vaughn Richard Walker (born 1944) served as a district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1989 to 2011.

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