deliberately not telling them, here is rachel maddow. it s quiet, it s too quiet. you think this is a shoe about to drop situation? no. you can t let them know the shoe actually dropped. that would imply gravity. yes. you know. as you know, the real believers don t believe in gravity. thank you very much. thanks to you at home for staying with us. we begin with a correction. an error on last night s show that i need to clear up. last night, we covered reaction to the landmark federal court ruling striking down the gay marriage ban in california. after reading that ruling and not only absorbing that it overturned the gay marriage ban but the way that it did it, the kind of language that the ruling used, ion this program sitting here last night said this. judge walker, who s a george h.w. bush appointee, not only struck down the gay marriage ban
that would imply gravity. yes. you know. as you know, the real believers don t believe in graivity. thank you very much. thanks to you at home for staying with us. we begin with a correction. an error on last night s show that i need to clear up. last night, we covered reaction to the landmark federal court ruling striking down the gay marriage ban in california. after reading that ruling and not only absorbing that it overturned the gay marriage ban but the way that it did it, the kind of language that the ruling used, i on this program? kiting right here last night said this. judge walker, who s a george h.w. bush appointee, not only struck down the gay marriage ban as unconstitutional, also probably set the stage for what will probably be the next big court fight and next big political fight. the anti-gay marriage side that was defeated has filed paperwork
gay rights supporters in that state and possibly around the country. but judge walker, who s a george h.w. bush appointee, judge walker not only struck down california s gay marriage ban as unconstitutional, he also probably set the stage for what will be the next big court fight and the next big political fight. the anti-gay marriage side that was defeated in this case is already filed paperwork expressing intention to appeal the decision. he should expect to hear lots of excerpts from judge walker s ruling. not only in the legal discussion, but i think you ll hear it in the political fight that is sure to come as well. because i think many conservatives will see some of this language as explosive. that the majority of california voters supported proposition 8 is irrelevant, as fundamental rights may not be submitted to a vote. they depend on the outcome of no elections. also, there s this. the evidence shows that movement of marriage away from a gendered institution and toward an
you try those things against the constitution, and the constitution restrict the things that americans can make laws about, so those laws don t infringe on our constitutionally protected rights. that s sort of the big idea in this country. that s sort of the big idea that is this country. america, come for the religious liberty. stay for the rock-ribbed constitutional guarantees of all your other rights. today for the first time in our nation s history, a federal court put the issue of a state ban on gay marriage to the constitutional test. the results were blistering. a federal judge in california ruled unequivocally today and in the strongest possible terms that california s recently passed gay marriage ban, prop 8, is unconstitutional. the ruling is long, but it is a page-turner. federal judge vaughn walker summed up his ruling this way. quote, moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and lesbians. the evidence shows proposition 8 does nothing
we begin with the victory for same-sex marriage rights. after a federal judge ruled california s ban on those marriages is illegal. celebrations followed that decision even though this is far from the final world. don guevara has the details from los angeles. reporter: rob and vinita, this is a major victory for same-sex couples in california who want to be married. but the battle over the state s gay marriage ban is far from over. a celebration in the streets of california, after a judge ruled proposition 8, the ban on gay marriage, unconstitutional. judge vaughn walker said, quote, opposite-sex couples are not better than their same-sex counterparts. instead, as partners, parents and citizens, opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples are equal. the plaintiffs attorneys hailed the ruling. this is a victory for the american people. it s a victory for our justice system.