Federal judge to consider unsealing videos of landmark trial on California gay marriage ban (Prop 8)

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Source: Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — The legal sparring over California’s same-sex marriage ban is set to return to a San Francisco courtroom.

A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments Monday on whether he should unseal video recordings of last year’s landmark trial on the constitutionality of the voter-approved measure, known as Proposition 8.

Lawyers representing two same-sex couples, the city of San Francisco and a coalition of media groups want the recordings made public.

Attorneys for the ban’s backers are trying to keep them under wraps. They argue disseminating the footage would violate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that banned cameras from covering the high-profile case so it could be broadcast to other courthouses or posted on YouTube.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-judge-to-consider-unsealing-videos-of-landmark-trial-on-california-gay-marriage-ban/2011/08/29/gIQAuJJCnJ_story.html

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1. Let's see them. Nt

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. I would love to see them.

Sunshine!

[SoapBox]

3. Yes! Let everyone see how stupid the supporters from NOM are...

...show it! Let the light of day time SHINE!

[pmorlan1]

4. Unseal the tapes

I'd love to see the tapes. I'd buy a set.

[JDPriestly]

5. The lawyers are embarrassed by their performance.

What do you want to bet I'm right about that?

They were promoting a nonsensical, hopelessly irrational cause, and it is just painful to admit they made such fools of themselves for the money of it. Such is the lawyer's lot on occasion.

[lsewpershad]

6. Running scared are they?