Prop. 8 supporters seek stay of federal judge's ruling before it's released today

[joeybee12]

Supporters of Proposition 8 may already suspect the outcome of today's ruling in the case challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage.

In court papers filed Tuesday night, lawyers for the Proposition 8 defense team asked Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker for a stay of his ruling if the outcome is to declare the law unconstitutional. The motion indicates that the Proposition 8 lawyers will immediately ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the ruling if Walker rules against them.

"A stay is essential to averting the harms that would flow from another purported window of same-sex marriage in California," they wrote.

The San Francisco judge's ruling is expected to be released between 1 and 3 p.m. today.

Walker is ruling in the unprecedented trial of a lawsuit challenging Proposition 8 as a violation of the federal constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples. The case marks the first federal court test of a state law banning gay marriage.

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"harms that would flow..." Idiots.

[wryter2000]

1. Harms that will flow

Their teeny-tiny brains exploding from all the hate inside.