Here is an online article with excerpts from the ruling:
Excerpts from ruling on Calif’s gay marriage ban
The judges rulings were straight to the point and put it in terms everyone could understand!
“…all parties agree that Proposition 8 had one effect only. It stripped same-sex couples of the ability they previously possessed to obtain from the state, or any other authorized party, an important right – the right to obtain and use the designation of ‘marriage’ to describe their relationships. Nothing more, nothing less.”