Was the Prop 8 judge speaking to Justice Kennedy? 
Yesterday's federal district court ruling striking down California's voter-imposed ban on same-sex marriage began what will surely be a long legal battle leading to the U.S. Supreme Court.
So did Judge Vaughan R. Walker, in his 136-page opinion striking down the law as violative of Californians' equal protection and due process rights, lay out his factual ...
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