To Wed Now or Later?....That is the question.

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It's been a long time coming for same-sex couples to formally cement their lifelong committment and it looks like avid Prop 8 groupies will still be raining on their parade.

Same-sex marriages in California was made legal last Wednesday when U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker decided Prop 8 was unconstitutional. Today he made recent additions to the ruling citing that gay couples will be permitted to wed next Thursday August 18, if plans go without a hitch.

The hitch being ---interference of the appeals court.

Gay marriage opposers have asked the appeals court to halt gay marriages while the case is still pending before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court.

Walker initially provided permission for Prop 8 supporters to appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before 5 p.m. that day.

Walker doubts that the opponents of his state law have any rights to deny his state ruling when the california governor and district attorney sit at his right hand in support of the controversial overturn.

However, it is fitting to say that Prop 8 supporters are riding on the "power of the people," ideal to successfully execute their case.

In a public statement, lead trial attorney for protectmarriage.com Charles Cooper says "The decision whether to redefine the institution is for the people themselves to make, not a single district court judge, especially without appellate scrutiny."

If prop 8 supports are victorious in delaying the gay and/or lesbian legal marital ceremonies, the case could be passed onto the U.S. Supreme Court which would leave homosexual couples waiting rather impatiently indefinitely.