Reaction to Prop 8 Decision from White House, Gingrich, Romney, Santorum and National Organization for Marriage

Bay Area Reaction



Newt Gingrich, via twitter:

"Court of Appeals overturning CA's Prop 8 another example of an out of control judiciary. Let's end judicial supremacy,"

Mitt Romney, supporting the dissenting 9th Circuit Court's homophobic Mormon judge:

Today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of California who voted to protect traditional marriage. This decision does not end this fight, and I expect it to go to the Supreme Court. That prospect underscores the vital importance of this election and the movement to preserve our values. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and, as president, I will protect traditional marriage and appoint judges who interpret the Constitution as it is written and not according to their own politics and prejudices.

Rick Santorum, via twitter:

7M Californians had their rights stripped away by activist 9th Circuit judges. As president I will work to protect marriage.

National Organization for Marriage:

" 'As sweeping and wrong-headed as this decision is, it nonetheless was as predictable as the outcome of a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition game,' said Brian Brown, NOM's president. 'We have anticipated this outcome since the moment San Francisco Judge Vaughn Walker's first hearing in the case. Now we have the field cleared to take this issue to the US Supreme Court, where we have every confidence we will prevail.' "

The White House, offering no opinion: