Judge’s ruling on gay marriage reflects his own bias
Re: “Gay marriage ruling now faces uncertain future before unpredictable appeals court,” Aug. 6
Openly gay Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision to overturn California’s voter-approved Proposition 8 — which defines marriage as between one man and one woman — slices at the jugular of true democracy. His 138-page ruling is nothing more than an exercise in rationalizing without thinking rationally.
He bases his conclusion primarily on his ability to divine the “discriminatory intent” of California voters when casting their votes for Prop. 8, leaving out the possibility of his own preconceived bias as a gay man.
Walker’s ruling illustrates that he does not understand the essential public purpose of marriage, which is to attach mothers and fathers to their children and to one another. He replaces this public purpose with adults’ private feelings and desires.
It’s time to put a stop to judges who redefine our most fundamental social institutions and use liberal courts to obtain political goals they cannot obtain at the ballot box.
