Last night Dustin Lance Black's
traveling Prop. 8 play, "
8," was performed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles with a
star-studded cast. "Framed around the trial's historic closing arguments in June 2010, '8' provides an intimate look what unfolded when the issue of same-sex marriage was on trial." "Saturday's benefit performance was broadcast live on YouTube, where director Rob Reiner said it drew 200,000 viewers."
* You can watch an archive of the performance
here [02:01.32].
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posted by ericb
on Mar 4, 2012 -
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"On [Monday] January 11th,
a remarkable legal case opens in a San Francisco courtroom—on its way, it seems almost certain, to the Supreme Court.
Perry v.
Schwarzenegger challenges the constitutionality of
Proposition 8, the California referendum that, in November, 2008, overturned a state Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex couples to marry. Its lead lawyers are unlikely allies: Theodore B. Olson, the former solicitor general under President George W. Bush, and a prominent conservative; and David Boies, the Democratic trial lawyer who was his opposing counsel in Bush v. Gore." "Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker
approved court-operated cameras in his courtroom for delayed release on YouTube, but rejected a bid by media organizations to televise the proceedings themselves for live broadcast."
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posted by ericb
on Jan 9, 2010 -
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