So much for judicial sanity

A few days ago, I observed, along with R.R. Reno, that several recent court rulings on religious liberty might be the harbinger of a season of judicial sanity. Unfortunately, the Ninth Circus Court of Appeals didn't get the memo.

California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, according to a ruling announced Tuesday by an appeals court.

The long-awaited ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court is likely to lead to more appeals, and marriages probably will remain on hold until that process ends.

The case was pending for months because the court wanted a ruling from the state Supreme Court on whether proponents of Proposition 8 had legal standing under the state’s citizen’s initiative process to appeal the ruling.

Make sure you understand what has just happened here. A voter-approved constitutional amendment has been declared unconstitutional. No, it's not judicial activism; it's judicial tyranny of the worst kind.