CA: Prop 8 Day Two Update

Most of the morning was taken up with the cross-examinatin and re-direct of Nancy Cott, a Harvard professor of history who is an expert witness for the plaintiffs. Next up was George Chauncey, a history professor from Yale University who specializes in LGBT history in the United States. He’s the author of a number of books, including Why Marriage? The History Shaping Today’s Debate Over Gay Equality (Basic, 2004). Now, I’m pretty well-versed in this subject, but Chauncey’s testimony was still intriguing (at least as reported on Twitter, Prop. 8 Trial Tracker, and Firedog Lake). Chauncey gave a whirlwind tour through centuries of oppression: sodomy laws that were only applied to gay people, or that continued to be applied to gay people long after they stopped being enforced for heterosexuals; the McCarthy hearings, which focused as much on gays as on Communists; military discharges that left people unemployable; marginalization in low-paying jobs. Full Story from Kel's Hot Flash: http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/hotflash/blogs/post?oid=1353022

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