CALIFORNIA: Court Rejects Claim That Prop 8 Judge Should Have Recused Himself

Not at all surprising.

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to invalidate last year's ruling against Proposition 8, deciding the gay jurist who overturned the same-sex marriage ban had no obligation to step aside because of a possible conflict of interest. The decision by Chief Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco left the ruling by retired Judge Vaughn R. Walker in place. Walker’s decision remains on hold pending a separate appeal to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Proponents of Proposition 8 argued that Walker's conflict was not his sexual orientation, but the fact that he was in a serious same-sex relationship that could conceivably lead to marriage.

NOTE: I'm a few hours late with this story, but I was stuck on the no-internet joy called Frontier Airlines.

VIDEO: CNN reports on the ruling.