Judge Rejects Conservative Activists' Case Against Proposition 8

Truthout - Chief District Judge James Ware threw out a motion on Tuesday filed by conservative activists alleging that his predecessor, Judge Vaughn Walker, who overturned California's same-sex marriage ban last year, should have recused himself from the case because he is in a long-term relationship with another man.

"You can't simply assume that a judge who takes an oath to uphold the law and judge fairly is incapable of doing so," Ware said during hearing.  Read more.