{"id":223,"date":"2010-08-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/08\/religious-reaction-roundup-to-overturn-of-prop-8-gay-marriage-ban.html"},"modified":"2010-08-05T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T08:00:00","slug":"religious-reaction-roundup-to-overturn-of-prop-8-gay-marriage-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/08\/religious-reaction-roundup-to-overturn-of-prop-8-gay-marriage-ban.html","title":{"rendered":"Religious Reactions Range to Overturn of Prop. 8 (Gay Marriage Ban)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated at 6 p.m. to add more links.<\/em><\/p>\n

U.S. Judge Vaughn Walker has struck down Proposition 8, California’s 2008 ban on same-sex marriages, finding it unconstitutional. It’s the latest battle lost in the conservative Christian war on gay marriage — see my July 22 post for other recent examples<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The L.A. Times reports that this could lead to a federal precedent;.<\/a>CNN reports that opponents of same-sex marriage — including members of the Church of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) — <\/a>plan to appeal this all the way to the Supreme Court. It’s not yet clear whether California will resume same-sex marriage ceremonies in the meantime. For more on the legal specifics, check out Religion Clause’s analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some more links to faith-related coverage of this news. Share your thoughts — and any other interesting links that I should add — in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n