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EV_Ares

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 09:50 AM Dec 2011

CA same-sex marriage ban gets another day in court

Does this court argument mean that we can only have bi-sexual or trans-gender judges and juries for these type of cases?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The sponsors of California's gay marriage ban renewed their effort Thursday to disqualify a federal judge because of his same-sex relationship, but they met a skeptical audience in an appeals court panel.
It's the first time an American jurist's sexual orientation has been cited as grounds for overturning a court decision.
Lawyers for a coalition of religious conservative groups told a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker should have revealed he had a long-term male partner before he presided over a trial on the measure's constitutionality. He also should have stated whether he had any interest in getting married, the lawyers said.

Link to article: http://yhoo.it/uDYaIO

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