San Diegans React to Ruling on Prop 8

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals imposed an emergency stay Aug. 16 on a trial court judge’s ruling overturning the ban, known as Proposition 8. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker had ordered state officials to stop enforcing the measure starting Wednesday, clearing the way for county clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.