Paul Gadzikowski

According to Time online, the supporters of Proposition 8 in the court case may not be allowed to appeal the recent ruling on the grounds that they're not the named defendants in the suit. Yay. This may mean, however, that they can be found ineligible to have defended it in the first place, which may mean everyone starting all over again. Boo.

According to the article, Judge Walker overturned the proposition on the grounds that the defendants "failed to show that the resumption of gay marriage would do them personal, irreparable harm". What I want to know is: if personal, irreparable harm is the criterion under the law, why is there any question of outlawing or disallowing samesex marriage at all?