Andy Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, the official proponents of Proposition 8, released the following statement today in response to the ruling of U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case: “Today’s ruling is clearly a disappointment. The judge’s invalidation of the votes of over seven million Californians runs contrary to legal precedent and the notion of states' rights. But this is