ACTION: Do You Want To See The Prop 8 Trial?

There's a debate going on whether the federal trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which starts on Monday January 11th in San Francisco will be televised or not.

You can have your say by going to http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/TeleviseTheTrial and signing up online to have aletter delivered by The Courage Campaign, or you can contact the judge directly, at:

www.cand.uscourts.gov, click "Notice Concerning Revision of Civil
Local Rule 77-3").

The comment period on the amendment to the rules
ends FRIDAY JANUARY 8, and if too few comments in favor of the rule
are received, there's a real chance it will be rescinded. People who
are interested in seeing the trial televised need to comment in favor
of the rule change, and anyone can do it (there's no need to be a
lawyer to send a comment). Comments can be mailed using the document
on the Northern District's webpage above, or can be e-mailed to the
Clerk of Court, Rich Wieking, at rich_wieking@cand.uscourts.gov.

So, far, Judge Walker has ruled that each day's proceedings will be taped and then uploaded to YouTube at the end of the day but reporters are calling for one live camera that can be used for pool reports.

There are over 81,000 people who have signed the petition to televise the trial at Courage Campaign's site in the last 24 hours, and there's nearly 40 more hours until the Friday 9am deadline. You shoudl join them, NOW!