Federal appeals court declares California gay marriage ban unconstitutional
By Daily Bruin Staff
Feb. 7, 2012 10:53 a.m.
Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this morning.
The three-judge panel came to a 2-to-1 vote on the ban on same-sex marriage, finding the proposition violated the 14th Amendment.
The ruling comes almost four years after California voters passed the ban in August 2008. Tuesday’s decision parallels a similar ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker in August 2010.
Walker ruled the measure discriminated on grounds of sexual orientation and gender and that allowing same-sex couples to marry would not harm the institution of marriage.
Read the court document of today’s ruling here.
Compiled by Naheed Rajwani and Loic Hostetter, Bruin senior staff.
