No right to a wrong

Federal judicial panel rules California Proposition 8 unconstitutional

California's legal battle over the voter-approved initiative in which the state would only recognize marriage between a man and woman may head to the Supreme Court.

Here is a Catholic News Service story which reminds readers that an earlier court case in favour of same-sex marriage was decided by a gay judge!

By a 2-1 vote, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the California ban on same-sex marriage, saying that it violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees citizens due process and equal protection under the law.

The majority opinion, issued Feb. 7, said that the state, which had given homosexual couples the right to marry, could not revoke that right.

The National Organization of Marriage Education Fund, in a statement issued by its director, Brian S. Brown, accused the judges of "finding a 'right' to same-sex marriage in the United States Constitution!"

For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.