Judge refuses to overturn ruling against Prop. 8

Los Angeles Times

June 14, 2011
1:20 p.m.

A federal judge today refused to invalidate last year's ruling against Proposition 8, ruling that the gay jurist who overturned the same-sex marriage ban had no obligation to remove himself from the case because of his long-term relationship with another man. Chief Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco refused to invalidate last August's ruling by Judge Vaughn R. Walker, although Walker's ruling remains on hold pending further consideration to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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