It really frustrates me that anti-gay marriage supporters are pressuring the appellate judge to disqualify himself from hearing arguments next week in the Prop 8 case, because he is married to a woman who was once the director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Southern California. Apparently, "Prop. 8 supporters had argued in a brief filed Wednesday to the court that Ripston has "an avowed interest" in the case, 'an interest that unquestionably will be substantially affected by the outcome of this proceeding.'"
I trust that this Judge will do his best to separate the politics of this case with his own personal life. What frustrates me though is the fact that we have had politicians (in the past as well as today) who definitely used their government position to support their personal agenda. In the past we have had people who worked in the government who were also members of the KKK or had friends and family that were and yet they were never pressured to resign their position. The Supreme Court Justices definitely have personal beliefs that affect the way they interpret the constitution but there is nothing anyone could really do about that. The way you interpret anything will be influenced by your own personal belief and past experiences. In a way, its impossible to separate the politics and the personal. So when I read that this Judge has been pressured to disqualify himself from the case, I just thought it was a very silly argument.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/12/02/Judge_Wont_Recuse_Himself_in_Prop_8_Appeal/
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