Fundies: Judge in the Prop 8 case should step down....because he probably wants to marry a man

[marmar]

:crazy:


from the American Family Association, fighting for the rights of oppressed straight people everyday.:



Prop. 8 judge encouraged to step down
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 2/19/2010 7:20:00 AM


More controversy surrounds the federal judge presiding over the legal challenge to California's Proposition 8.

Prop. 8 was approved by California voters in November 2008 to overturn an earlier state Supreme Court ruling that legalized homosexual "marriage," but a San Francisco newspaper recently "outed" Judge Vaughn Walker as a homosexual. Matt Barber, attorney and director of cultural affairs at Liberty Counsel, believes Walker ought to resign from the case if the allegation is true.

The Liberty Counsel attorney cites from federal law that "a judge shall disqualify himself when he knows that he has a financial or any other interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding," and he argues that if Walker is a homosexual and overturns Prop. 8, he would benefit by granting himself the right to marry a man. Given that effect, Barber decides that hardly represents impartiality.

He goes on to report that Judge Walker has been silent since the newspaper claim was published. "Well, the judge has said, 'No comment' when asked about his sexual lifestyle," explains the Liberty Counsel attorney. "I think he needs to comment. If in fact he is engaged in the homosexual lifestyle, there is a clear conflict of interest here under federal law."

Barber notes a number of rulings in the trial that favored homosexual activists and diminished efforts of Proposition 8 supporters to present their case.


http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=901170

[tanyev]

1. Yeah, and he needs to be replaced with a right-wing, God-fearing heterosexual

who thinks gay marriage is wrong, because that would definitely not be a conflict of interest.







:sarcasm:

[LiberalFighter]

2. So a judge that is straight and married wouldn't be a conflict of interest too?

[marmar]

3. Not in the fundie mind.