In a politically charged judgment , us district court chief judge vaughn walker handed gay rights advocates a critical victory after a 13-day hearing .
And later on , karen vaughn , who was here before I was , told me that if bill snavely was practicing affirmative action , he didn 't get the right kind of black .
But at george mason university , I think , after I had been here quite a while , the former chairman who hired me said that he got beneficial points from hiring me and karen vaughn , my colleague who is a woman .
That has changed with the historic decision by a federal judge in california , vaughn walker , that said his state 's ban on same-sex marriage violated the 14th amendment 's rights to equal protection and due process of law .
Vaughn r. walker , the chief judge of federal district court in san francisco , issued a temporary stay last week when he invalidated proposition 8 , in order to allow arguments for and against same-sex ceremonies being performed while supporters of the ban appealed .