Gay marriage foes ask court to stop judge from showing Proposition 8 trial video
The federal judge who presided over the Proposition 8 trial is under fire from Christian conservatives for showing a three-minute videotape of the trial on the lecture circuit.
The sponsors of the 2008 ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage have asked a federal appeals court to order retired Judge Vaughn R. Walker, who ruled against Proposition 8, to return the videotape so it can be put under lock and key.
Andrew Pugno, a lawyer for the Proposition 8 campaign, said Walker’s use of the video segment in lectures “violates every rule and every court order on the books.”