Demonstrators celebrate a Federal Judge overturning California's gay-marriage ban in San Francisco

Gay marriage supporters celebrate a federal judge's ruling on California's gay-marriage ban at City Hall in San Francisco on August 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned California's Proposition 8 in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. UPI/Terry Schmitt