COURT HALTS RELEASE OF PROP. 8 VIDEO RECORDINGS

What about the courts protecting the gays against hate crimes or the bullying in the schools?

“A federal appeals court Monday put a temporary hold on a decision to make public the video recordings of the Proposition 8 trial and decided to rule on the matter expeditiously.

A three-member panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said in a brief order that Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware's ruling this month to release the video recordings may not be enforced pending a decision by the appeals court.

The court set an accelerated schedule for written arguments and a hearing for Dec. 5.

Supporters of same-sex marriage want the recordings made public to show the evidence behind former Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker's ruling that overturned the 2008 ballot measure, a decision the appeals' court also is reviewing. The historic two-week trial examined the history of marriage and the nature of sexual orientation.

Opponents of gay marriage insist the recordings should remain sealed because of possible harassment of witnesses who testified for the backers of Proposition 8.”

Has it occurred to any of these douche bags that gays face mortal danger every day of their lives…just walking down the street can get you a beating or even death? Has anybody really taken into account that youngsters perceived to be gay are constantly bullied in their schools to the point that some commit suicide?

My message to those who supported and funded Proposition 8 is this: If you are so full of hatred that you are motivated to donate money and time to spread your homophobia; then you should also stand behind your convictions and face the music. I am sure that any harassment, if it happens would not even be comparable to the brutality and the humiliation that gay people suffer in the hands of thugs you the homophobic Christians encourage.

Man up, take responsibility for your actions, if your convictions are so moral, so right then you should not have to fear any harm coming from some queen who might only hit you over the head with her stilettos.

SOURCE: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/court-halts-release-of-prop-8-video-recordings.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher