Have you heard of prop 8? This was an bill passed out on 2008 which stated that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." For years there have been questions to whether or not gay-marriage should exist, that was answered on August 4, 2010. A federal judge in San Francisco overturned California's ban of gay-marriage believing that it violates the human right to equal protection. It is believed that this struggle will end with the Supreme Court, who will have to officially decide whether this ruling is constitutional or not.
When making this very important and somewhat chaotic decision, Judge Walker explained that what the voters decided should be taken into consideration but he also explained how this isn’t official just yet. What the judge wrote was, "voters' determinations must find at least some support in evidence. This is especially so when those determinations enact into law classifications of persons." He was basically saying that this decision is an important one that will impact not a few but thousands of people across the state so it is necessary to provide evidence that this decision is the right one.
The eventual outcome of this ruling remains to be seen, as further court challenges await this controversial ruling.
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