[quote]Judge Vaughn Walker's 136-page ruling against Proposition 8 amounted to a ringing defense of the institution of marriage. It does enjoy a "culturally superior status" to domestic partnerships, he wrote. It does bond couples - and families - in a meaningful way, the evidence showed. It is a fundamental right, he declared. Thus, the U.S. district judge found no rational basis for denying this fundamental right to same-sex couples.[/quote] Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/04/EDAS1EOPDB.DTL#ixzz0vjGSX6pN This is ridiculous. Why do we even go to the voting booth? If there's just going to be one judge that gets up and shuts down the voice of the people, what's the point?