Judge Who Overturned Proposition 8 was Homosexual

U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled in San Francisco to overturn the California Constitutional Amendment, Proposition 8, defining marriage as between a man and a woman, and which logically eliminates gay marriage, is an open homosexual, or gay.

Tony Perkins, head of the influential Family Research Council said on Face the Nation Sunday:

"I think what you have is one judge who thinks he knows , and a district level judge and an openly homosexual judge at that, who says he knows better than not only 7 million voters in the state of California but voters in 30 states across the nation that have passed marriage amendments. This is far from over."

"Had this guy been an evangelical preacher in his past there would have been cries for him to step down from this case. So I do think his homosexuality has a bearing on the case. But this is not without precedent."

Walker was asked to recuse himself, but he refused.

What amazes me is that a majority of California voters had a statewide vote on Proposition 8 to amended the state’s Constitution, which makes Proposition 8 constitutional, and yet a judge can decide it is not constitutional despite voter approval. In other words, the judge’s vote is the only one that counts.

In my opinion, a constitutional amendment that has been decided by the people’s vote should only be able to be undone by another vote of the people, otherwise, democracy is being undermined by the judicial branch who are overreaching their authority with tyrannical powers not granted to them.

This matter should not have been decided in the courtroom, but should be only properly decided by a vote by the people of the state of California.