BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN A gay Republican federal judge of libertarian leanings, Vaughn R. Walker, struck down California’s ban on gay marriage on Wednesday, prompting ecstatic rejoicing among a mostly gay crowd outside the U.S. district courthouse in San Francisco. His ruling was the first in the country to strike down a marriage ban on federal constitutional grounds. Walker ruled that a California referendum known as Proposition 8, mostly paid for by the Mormons, passed in […]
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