The 9th U.S. Circuit Court just ruled that Proposition 8 will remain the law in California until appeals are heard in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case. The court issued the ruling after Judge Vaughn Walker’s recent ruling found Proposition 8 unconstitutional and would have permitted gay marriages to be performed as early as this week.
Today’s decision means that until an appeal is heard, Proposition 8’s protections will remain in place. The Sac Bee is reporting that an appeal could be heard in December, meaning Proposition 8 will remain intact until at least 2011.
This is good news for the protection of traditional marriage and fair to all parties involved. After all, it would be unfair to allow a brief window of gay marriages as when Proposition 22 was overturned just months before Proposition 8 was passed. Gay marriages performed during that period left couples in a legal limbo. Until this legal process is completely exhausted, the will of the people should stand as the law of the land.