QUICKLINK 9th Cir. · January 6, 2010 · Broadcasting
Trial over gay-marriage ban will be recorded and broadcast
Keywords: Cameras in courts
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A federal judge in San Francisco has decided the first trial challenging California's same-sex marriage ban will be filmed over the protests of gay-marriage objectors, San Francisco's ABC7 reports.
At a hearing on Wednesday morning, Judge Vaughn Walker said cameras in the courtroom would record the proceedings and the footage will be uploaded to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube through a contract with the federal government.
The Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit – the governing body for all federal courts in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands – in December announced it had voted to allow the trial courts in those states to experiment with taping civil cases tried without a jury.
Supporters of Prop. 8 argued that televising the trial would subject those who supported the ballot measure to harassment.
"The question is really whether Judge Walker can put people on the stand where they can be threatened," Brian Brown, executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, told The Washington Times. "It's a question of people's safety."
The trial is schedule to begin Monday Jan. 11.
— Amanda Becker, 6:05 pm
Comments: (3)
Comment by stdslove, Thu, Jan 7, 8:27am
My concern is that more and more gay men get STD. It seems that gay men is easier to get an STD.
According to the report from the largest STD dating site == Positivefish.com ==(if I spell the site correctly), the gay subscribers
increased continually. Most of them are sexy.
Comment by Red, Fri, Jan 8, 4:49am
@stdslove, where did you hear that? Can you verify it?
Comment by setay, Fri, Jan 29, 3:01pm
People who pledge to abstain until marriage also have higher STD rates, so I guess we should encourage teenagers to start screwing, then. This is what happens if you don't consider third variables. Gay men certainly aren't more prone to STD's no more than promise-ring wearers, but both groups are less likely to use protection when engaging in sexual intercourse (the former from not needing to worry about pregnancy and the later because they were less likely to learn about contraceptives and their proper use). If it is increasing, then it is certainly an education thing, not biological. That would just be silly.
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