BREAKING Prop 8: Walker says no stay on gay marriage

[steve2470]

http://www.365gay.com/news/breaking-prop-8-walker-says-no-stay-on-gay-marriage/

Just moments ago, Judge Vaughn Walker issued a decision that there denied an extension on the stay on gay marriages in California.

This means that gay couples in California may get married immediately.

Proposition 8, voted in by the electorate in November 2008, limited marriage to opposite sex couples in California. The decision on the stay comes after last week’s historic decision denying the constitutionality of Prop 8 in California.

In his decision, Walker wrote: “Plaintiffs seek to have the state recognize their committed relationships, and plaintiffs’ relationships are consistent with the core of the history, tradition and practice of marriage in the United States.”

more at link above

[derby378]

1. YYYEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!

http://rog.thoughtbludgeon.com/mp3/RoG_Hardcore_Produktionz-18_Minutes_of_HARDCORE.mp3

:headbang:

[Blecht]

finally some good news! (nt)

[blogslut]

2. Awesome

I would re-word the title though

Judge Walker Lifts Stay on Gay Marriage Ban

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Mazel tov!

:toast: :toast:

[gkhouston]

4. ...

:bounce:

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Congrats, people!

Best of luck to those who wish to get hitched! :toast:

[NC_Nurse]

6. Awesome!

:toast:

[kenny blankenship]

7. Nuptial pile on!

[uncommon]

8. Great news!

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. W00T!!

[LWolf]

10. I love good news.

:toast:

[Warpy]

11. I know a lot of people were on pins and needles waiting for this

but I plowed through his whole decision and know he could rule no other way.

It's just a shame you had to wait for it.

[alsame]

12. Excellent!!!!

[LaurenG]

13. K&R

[Luminous Animal]

14. Wonderful!

[Caliman73]

15. one more nail in the coffin of inequality.

I hope that everyone wanting to get married has a wonderful wedding and a happy and prosperous relationship.

[KansDem]

16. Ahhh, I love the smell of Enlightenment in the morning!!!

:dem:

[Bluebear]

17. Awaiting the White House crapping on this good news any moment.

As they did when the original ruling was made.

[GodlessBiker]

18. WAHOOOOOO! Tears, tears, tears!!!!!

[WilliamPitt]

19. Outstanding.

:):)

[derby378]

23. How the hell are ya?

:hug:

[WilliamPitt]

27. Busy

Good.

:hug: right back.

[Auggie]

20. +1,000,000

[Parker CA]

21. Excellent news!!!

[suffragette]

22. County clerks in CA will be very busy today!

Wonderfully so.

[closeupready]

24. Excellent!

:woohoo:

[lunatica]

25. Happy dance!

[Xicano]

26. Great News!!

I am so happy for those couples who have been denied their rights. Great news indeed!!

Congratz everyone....

[Chichiri]

28. I'm still looking for confirmation of this.

Then I will celebrate.

[WilliamPitt]

29. I'm not seeing this anywhere else.

[EFerrari]

32. There was cheering outside the courthouse a few minutes go

and now the crowd is thinning out. Our local station never mic'd it so I couldn't hear but that is the visual.

[Occulus]

47. The ruling is up as a PDF on the Court's website

There is a stay until the 18th; after that, marriages can resume.

[MineralMan]

30. Let the bells ring!

[steve2470]

31. confirmation here

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/08/breaking-judge-walker-wont-stay-his-prop-8-ruling-gay-marriages-can-start-asap/

[Chichiri]

34. That article cites the 365gay article.

[Bluebear]

36. It's on CNN right now.

[Chichiri]

41. Link? Or do you mean on the TV?

I really do need to get a new splitter for my cable . . .

[Bluebear]

43. It's on TV. Couples may wed on August 18

[WilliamPitt]

37. That's a reprint of the link above

[EFerrari]

38. Stay has been lifted but no marriages until Aug 18 per ABC local.

Judge is trying to do traffic control. What a great guy. :hi:

[ThatsMyBarack]

33. Any words left...?

To express how wonderful this is? :toast: :loveya: :woohoo:

[Bluebear]

35. Couples may wed AUGUST 18 per ruling.

[EFerrari]

44. This is one considerate man.

We won the lottery with him. I bet he empties his pockets before using the laundry hamper, too.

lol

:toast:

[blogslut]

39. There will be a slight delay

The stay will be offically lifted on August 18 @ 5:00 PM

[backscatter712]

40. SUCK IT, BIGOTS!!!

:evilgrin: :hippie: :party: :toast: :bounce: :beer: :thumbsup: :hi: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :patriot:

[cecilfirefox]

42. Hurray for equal rights! Now, let's hope the 9th circuit doesn't put a stay on it!!! nt

[backscatter712]

45. Let me taste those delicious Freeper tears!!! n/t

[itsrobert]

46. Unrec. Fautly reporting

Stay is not lifted until the 18th at 5pm. Gives Pro Hate crowd opportunity to get another stay on appeal.

[EFerrari]

52. I trust this judge. He's done a helluva job so far. n/t

[Chichiri]

48. Okay, MSNBC.com has it now.

Woot!!

[Chichiri]

49. ...and so does CNN.com

[Scurrilous]

50. K & R

:thumbsup:

[myrna minx]

51. YAY!

:woohoo:

[StarlightGold]

53. Wonderful news!

Love to see fundie's heads exploding, too! :D

[Lucky 13]

54. The victories, though few and far between, are sweet when we get them!

And I love feasting on bigot's sweet sweet tears!

[grahamhgreen]

55. YAY! Gay stay lift day!

[racaulk]

56. WOO HOO!!!!!

:woohoo:

:bounce:

K&R

[Tx4obama]

57. Gay couples in California can NOT get married immediately

Judge Walker's stay does not expire until August 18th.
And the 9th Circuit can order another 'stay' before then.

[Scurrilous]

58. Kick

:kick:

[ProudDad]

59. The forces of bigotry and oppression

must prove to the 9th Circuit before next Wednesday that they will personally be "irreparably harmed" by gay folk getting married...

This is a proposition that Judge Walker has gone to great lengths to make quite difficult to prove...

I hope for the best over the next 6 days...

May next week be the continuation of the beginning of the end of this pernicious form of bigotry!

[SHRED]

60. "Yeah but what about the will of the majority"

This is how brain-dead people think.
They think civil rights should be the subject of majority rule.
This is how fucking ignorant people are.

[66 dmhlt]

61. Good news, indeed ...

[TexasObserver]

62. This judge is a true modern day hero.

If it's injustice, and it is, not one more day of it.