# Prop 8 trial update: Walker's ruling upheld

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prop-8-trial-update-walkers-ruling-upheld/585500>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 14, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prop-8-trial-update-walkers-ruling-upheld/585500 "2011-06-14T22:31:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prop-8-trial-update-walkers-ruling-upheld/585500/141 "2011-06-16T21:22:52Z")

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> [@CitizenPained](#):
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> So why do you try to discredit me by labeling me homophobic? Can you just not reason any other way? Apparently.

I find questioning a judges ruling solely because he is homosexual to be homophobic behavior. So I think it’s an appropriate description.

Have you found something in Walkers ruling to suggest bias? Are you willing to admit he was perfectly capable of making a fair ruling on gay marriage while being gay himself?

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