Steve Lopez: Prop. 8 backers once again grasping at straws

I’ve tried my best, but I never did understand the legal logic of Prop. 8 supporters.
They wanted to have a federal judge’s ruling last year thrown out because he revealed after retiring that he was a gay man involved in a relationship?
It was no real surprise that a federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday essentially said, "so what?" and rejected the challenge.
The case in question involved federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who threw out Prop. 8’s ban on same-sex marriages. After retiring, he said he’d been involved in a 10-year relationship with a man.
To those who supported Prop. 8’s ban on gay marriage, this represented a glimmer of hope for their small-minded cause. They asked a federal court to throw out Walker’s ruling, and a decision in the case is expected soon.
But Ted Boutrous, a Los Angeles lawyer who tried to beat back the challenge in court, said you could take the Prop. 8 supporters’ argument to ridiculous extremes.