Controversies around Prop 8 and the lawsuit to overturn it continue almost unabated. Anti-equality activists want all film of the trial "put under lock and key," so that no one may view it. The presiding judge in the case had shown a 3 minute clip during a lecture he gave and that got Prop 8 proponents in a tizzy, Reports the Huffington Post.
You might remember that proponents of Prop 8 were adamantly against allowing the public see and hear their actual case. Prop 8 opponents, in contrast, were happy to make it public.
When it came to the majority voting on whether a minority had the same rights as themselves, Prop 8 proponents were advocates of "let the public decide." When it comes to the trial itself, they don't want the public to have easy access.
So, why the sudden switch from trusting the public to demanding secrecy?
Perhaps the reason is that political campaigns and courtrooms have different sets of rules. A courtroom has procedures aimed at ferreting out truth; political campaigns rely on spin, sometimes deception.
The trial showed that opponents of marriage equality simply didn't have a case. The evidence offered was extremely weak. And they didn't offer as evidence the same claims they made during the campaign. The reason is simple -- their campaign relied heavily on lies and distortions.
An example of dishonesty was a commercial about kids in a San Francisco school being forced to attend a gay marriage. No child actually attended a gay marriage, but some did greet their teacher outside City Hall after she got married. They were not forced to go there; their parents took them. It was not a school project, but a parental request that was approved. READ the FULL Article for MORE.
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