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: TalkLeftProp 8 Goes to Court in San Francisco Today
By Jeralyn
A federal court in San Francisco today will hear gay marriage arguments in a first of a kind non-jury trial today:
The nation's first trial on same-sex couples' right to marry - and the voters' power to forbid those marriages - begins today in a San Francisco federal courtroom that will serve as a forum for two diametrically opposed worldviews.
The main issue:
whether Prop. 8 violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender, or whether it validly reserves marital status for those who can naturally conceive children.
The Judge is Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, a 1989 appointee of President George H.W. Bush. Barring a last minute intervention, you can watch the proceedings on a delayed basis on You Tube here.
Full post as published by TalkLeft on January 11, 2010 (boomark / email).
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