As I posted at the time, last May the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, which limited marriage to a man and a woman. That validation of the voter-approved initiative moved the challenge to federal court.Trial in the case brought under the U.S. Constitution, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, got under way this week at the federal courthouse in San Francisco (above).
With the onset of the trial came a U.S. Supreme Court ruling of "impermissible" respecting a request for a YouTube live or delayed broadcast. Yesterday the Court confirmed its refusal to allow broadcasting by a 5-4 vote. One thus might think the only option is to march down to the courthouse.
Wrong.
For those of you interested in following the trial in real time, there's a range of blogs and tweets emanating from the courtroom:
► For close to real-time blogging, check out Prop8trialtracker.
► For anti-Prop 8 folks tweeting from the gallery, follow NCLRights, AmerEqualRights, FedcourtJunkie, and RickJacobs on Twitter.
► For pro-Prop 8 coverage, follow protectmarriage, also on Twitter.
Happy reading.
