what he said. quote, proposition 8 nails to advance any rational basis in singling out gays and lesbians for denial of a proposition 8. proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the california constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. my nonlegal mind tells me that this judge thought proposition 8 doesn t make sense, not constitutional, shouldn t be the law. and then right after striking it down he puts a stay on his own ruling. explain that to me. well, this is a big deal in this case. and judge walker knows that. it would be very significant if same-sex couples started to get married. he also knows that this case is going to be appealed, probably all the way to the united states supreme court. and he knows that he may well be overturned. so the question he has is, should i allow this ruling to go forward, should i allow couples to start getting married, even
of the rarest finds in the country s history which in israel has to be pretty rare. the head shows the queen, the other side symbolizes to brotherly love. that s because the queen was married to her brother. opponents of gay marriage and supporters of gay marriage, all keeping a very, very close eye right now on california where we could see an historic ruling on proposition 8 any moment now. plus tens of thousands of people in the nation s capital and heartland are losing power, losing land, probably losing tempers, too. they re seeing extreme weather like they ve never seen before. and you know richard quest. he s always been my good buddy until now. we re going head to head. the battle about to begin. it s been eight days since a federal judge in california struck down that state s proposition 8 which prohibited same sex marriage. it was voted upon by residents of california. the same people who were
allowing marriages to go forward is not a conventional example of irreparable harm. what opponents of proposition 8 have said is look, there was a period not so long ago when same-sex couples were alloweded to get married. those marriages have been allowed to stand. even if this ul ruhling is later overturned, the fact that more gay couples got to get marriema that s not irreparable harm. there s nothing wrong with that. the supporters of proposition 8, opponents of gay marriage say it is irreparable harm. the voters have spoken. the country has an official policy against gay marriage to allow just on your say say, without any appellate rule to allow same-sex couples to get married is a bad idea. what happens if he lifts the stay and people we know outside of city hall right now in san francisco, people are waiting to get mar pripd they obviously have more faith in their city halls than a lot of
the conduct of the counterinsurgency operation is a roller coaster experience. there are setbacks, as well as areas of progress or successes. but the trajectory, in my view, has generally been upward despite the tough losses, despite the setbacks. but only today, two more u.s. service members were killed in an ied attack in northern afghanistan. a spokesman in afghanistan says that the troops were in a vehicle that hit a roadside bomb. closing arguments are under way right now in california s landmark proposition 8 trial, the first federal court test after state law banning day marriage. two same-sex couples sued to overturn prop 8 as a violation of their civil rights. they re represented in court by an odd couple, the legal profession, former bush white house solicitor general, conservative republican ted olson, and liberal democrat
couples before the appeal can be heard. these appeals will likely go on for years. cnn correspondent dan simon is in the district courthouse in san francisco. the u.s. district courthouse, awaiting judge vaughan walker s decision. i ve got him on the phone right now at the top. dan? caller: hey, ali, this could come down at any moment if i drop off, forgive me. it s because the ruling has come down. basically, what it comes down to is this, we know that the judge ruled on the proposition eight. that same-sex could resume here in california. the question is, when it will occur. the judge put a temporary stay on the ruling, meaning that no marriages could take place until he decided at a later date, which is today, what s going do happen. there are three rulings that could take place. the judge could say, same-sex marriage could resume right away and that you suddenly could have