Reporting from Los Angeles and San Francisco — Television trucks, attorneys and a few members of the public congregated at the federal courthouse in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon, waiting for a verdict in the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage trial.
But as the sun set, no ruling had come.
A rumor had swept through the blogosphere and San Francisco City Hall that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker planned to issue his long-awaited ruling on whether Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California, violates the U.S. Constitution.
