Ross Douthat in NYT on why marriage is worth defending »
Ross Douthat in yesterday’s New York Times:
More Second Thoughts from Pro-SSM Lawyers on Walker’s Ruling »
Wendy Kaminer, lawyer and "civil libertarian" in The Atlantic:
Prof. Nelson Lund: Walker Ruling “Strange” »
In yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle, law professor Nelson Lund says "Prop 8 judge makes strange charge":
Legal scholar and California AG Candidate John Eastman on Judge Walker’s Ruling: “Are you kidding m »
From an email sent out by John Eastman to his supporters Saturday afternoon:
Yale Law Prof on Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling: “a remarkably limited and vulnerable opinion” »
As we have noted before, under the headlines even pro-gay marriage legal experts are expressing increasing reservations about Judge Walker's strange opinion. Yale Law Prof. Lea Brilmayer, joins the mounting criticism today in the Washington Post.
Newt Gingrich on Prop 8 Ruling: “Outrageous Disrespect for Our Constitution and for the Majority” »
Newt Gingrich’s response to Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling, from a statement released on his website:
WaPo: What will be the impact of the Prop 8 ruling? Maggie answers »
The Washington Post asked a group of experts their views on the expected impact of Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling. Maggie responded: “[T]he ruling – a slur against the majority of the American people, who have been declared irrational bigots by a federal judge – is firing up millions of voters.”
Democratic Pollster says Prop 8 ruling “will almost certainly hurt the Democrats in November” »
Douglas Schoen, a Democratic pollster responding to the Washington Post’s inquiry about the expected fallout from the Prop 8 ruling, said the ruling "will almost certainly hurt the Democrats in November."
Rush Limbaugh is Right! Dems Will Pay for Judge Walker’s Arrogance and Insults to American People »
NOM released the following statement this afternoon, after’s Rush Limbaugh’s commentary on the Prop 8 ruling:
Rush Limbaugh on Prop 8 Ruling: Judge Walker found 7 million voters guilty in a kangaroo trial »
In the Thursday (8/5) edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh had this to say of Judge Vaughn walker’s slur against Prop 8 supporters:
Judge Vaughn Walker, California, did not just slap down the will of seven million voters. Those seven million voters were put on trial, a kangaroo court where everything was stacked against them. . . .
Eugene Volokh’s Proposes New Language for a Federal Marriage Amendment »
Respected pro-SSM legal scholar Eugene Volokh says:
The most interesting politico-legal question raised by Judge Walker’s same-sex marriage decision, I think, is whether it will provoke a new — and perhaps narrower — round of Federal Marriage Amendment activity. . . .
NY Times on Prop 8: “A Challenge for Both Parties” »
New York Times - “Gay Marriage Ruling a Challenge for Both Parties”
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge’s decision on Wednesday overturning Proposition 8 — California’s ban on same-sex marriage — has tossed a largely unwanted issue into the middle of the November midterm elections.
The decision, which ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional, has complicated the political tasks before President Obama, whose aides had to explain in the wake of the decision that the president supported equal gay rights but opposed marriage rights for gay men and lesbians. . . .
“I definitely think it’s going to have an effect on the 2010 elections,” said Brian S. Brown, the executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, who called the decision the beginning of a “major national culture war.”