Prop. 8 Trial Tapes Will Be Available for Public Viewing
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for release of videotapes from the trial over Proposition 8, the ballot measure that temporarily voided marriage equality in California and was eventually struck down.The court Tuesday declined to take up an appeal by Prop.
8 supporters to keep the tapes sealed permanently. A 10-year embargo on the tapes expired in 2020, but the court case had kept them from public view past that date.Voters approved Prop.
8 in November 2008, a few months after the California Supreme Court had ruled in favor of marriage equality. Prop. 8 amended the California constitution to ban same-sex marriage, therefore invalidating the court’s decision.
Two same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit against Prop. 8, saying it violated the U.S. Constitution.U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in 2010 that Prop.
