''I am reasonably sure that, given the personalities in this courtroom, this case is only touching down in this court and it will have a life after this court. What happens here is in many ways a prelude to what happens later.''
Judge Vaughn Walker, a federal judge in San Francisco, who says he plans to provide over a speedy case against California's Proposition 8 because he expects the resulting decision will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court (Associated Press)
