California: Judge says Prop 8 trial will be filmed

Thu, Jan 7 2010 — Source: Reporters Committe for Freedom of the Press

A federal judge in San Francisco has decided the first trial challenging California’s same-sex marriage ban will be filmed over the protests of gay-marriage objectors, San Francisco’s ABC7 reports. At a hearing on Wednesday morning, Judge Vaughn Walker said cameras in the courtroom would record the proceedings and the footage will be uploaded to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube through a contract with the federal government.

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