Appeal of Gay Marriage Ruling Could Delay Weddings in CA

The 9th district court of appeals will decide whether yesterday’s ruling overturning a ban against gay marriage will stand.

Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is gay, overturned the controversial Proposition 8 measure that banned gay marriages in the state of California.

The pending appeal could prevent gay weddings from taking place in California for an indefinite period of time.

“Rather than being different, same-sex and opposite-sex unions are, for all purposes relevant to California law, exactly the same,” Walker wrote in an unequivocal and strongly worded 136-page ruling. “The evidence shows conclusively that moral and religious views form the only basis for a belief that same-sex couples are different from opposite-sex couples.”

Currently, same-sex couples can legally wed only in Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C.

Source: AP News