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Guest Post by James Grant

Do you remember all the controversy surrounding Proposition 8 in California back in 2008? This vote that outlawed same-sex marriage in California. Yesterday Federal District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled that “the state ban violated the plaintiffs’ rights to due process and equal protection.” The news and media outlets are debating the case, but the decision has significant repercussions for the whole country. Dr. Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has a commentary on the decision at his blog (which was re-posted at Christianity Today as “Why the Proposition 8 Decision Matters”), and he concludes with these words:

Thousands of cases make their way through the Federal courts each year. Some are important, but only a few have lasting legal significance. Whatever happens on appeal, the decision handed down yesterday by Judge Vaughn R. Walker will reverberate for decades to come. Yesterday, a very important gavel fell on marriage. The central institution of human civilization suffered a direct hit, and its future hangs in the balance.

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