Prop 8 has been ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
The highly anticipated Proposition 8 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been released. The court has ruled in favor of LGBT couples on the matters of the constitutionality of Proposition 8.
The three judges who heard the appeal, Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Judge Michael Daly Hawkins, and Judge N. Randy Smith issued their ruling this morning at 1:00m Eastern time. Writing for the court, Judge Reinhardt said:
We consider whether that amendment violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We conclude that it does.