CA: Prop 8 Supporters Don't Want Trial Televised

Proposition 8 supporters this week urged a federal judge to reject a proposal to televise and webcast the upcoming trial of the legal challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage. In a letter to Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, lawyers defending Proposition 8 argued that allowing cameras in the federal court trial would violate federal rules and expose their side to threats, intimidation and harassment from gay marriage advocates. The letter warns the judge that some witnesses for the Proposition 8 defense "have indicated they will not be willing to testify at all if the trial is broadcast or webcast beyond the courthouse." Full Story from Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_14088084

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CA: 9th Circuit Says Prop 8 Backers Don't Have to Release Campaign Documents

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has reversed a judge's order that backers of Proposition 8, the state initiative that banned same-sex marriage, give their campaign strategy documents to opponents trying to overturn the measure. In a unanimous ruling Friday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit of Appeals tossed out the order that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued in October against backers of Prop. 8, which state voters approved in November 2008. Walker had said lawyers for two same-sex couples and a gay-rights group were entitled to see internal memos and e-mails between Yes on 8 strategists to look for evidence that the campaign had exploited prejudice against gays and lesbians. The plaintiffs are trying to show that the measure was discriminatory and thus unconstitutional. Full Story from SFGate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/11/BA3A1B34VC.DTL

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NJ: Gay Marriage Supporters Rally at the Statehouse

Gay marriage supporters flocked to the Statehouse this morning as lawmakers prepared for their first day of the lameduck session. Steven Goldstein, chair of Garden State Equality, rallied at least 150 protesters on West State Street, directing them to take advantage of legislative committee meetings and speak with their senators. Goldstein said their job today was to "see and be seen" in T-shirts bearing the slogan, "Equality, the American Dream." Although the Senate Judiciary committee is not considering the bill today, gay marriage proponents are demonstrating their support for S1967 anyway. Full Story from NJ.com: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/gay_marriage_supporters_rally.html

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