By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Religious leaders across the country are speaking out about a certain section in a California judge’s decision to uphold same-sex marriage that call the Christian position on homosexuality harmful to gays because it could result in curtailing the free speech rights of Christians.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal appeals court has decided to overrule an activist judge in California who declared the voter- approved ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional and would have allowed same-sex marriages to resume tomorrow.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The federal judge in California who declared a ban on same-sex marriage in the state to be unconstitutional, has decided to allow same-sex marriages to resume on August 18 at 5:00 p.m.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Experts studying the controversial decision overturning California’s ban on same-sex marriage say U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker based the ruling in part on his finding that children do not need a mother and/or a father, even though the evidence he used distinctly said not enough studies were available on the subject.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, decried the August 4 decision of a federal judge to overturn a California voters’ 2008 initiative known as Proposition 8 that protected marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a ruling that few found surprising, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who is openly homosexual, has ruled that California’s voter-approved constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, popularly known as Proposition 8, is unconstitutional.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After closing arguments in a landmark lawsuit challenging Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that led to a constitutional amendment banning same-sex “marriage” in California, pro-family leaders expect the judge to rule against traditional marriage in the case.
