FIGHT OVER PROP. 8 TO BE TELEVISED?

Next month, the fight to overturn Prop. 8 will finally make its way to the U.S. District Court in San Francisco and the networks and media coalition are looking to put it on the tv. This would be a first for a federal court case in the Western states as traditionally cameras are restricted to only oral arguments. A media coalition, the major networks, Dow Jones & Co. and the Hearst Corporation are asking Judge Vaughn Walker for permission to televise and webcast the proceedings with TruTV to cover the case set to start January 11th. The plaintiffs and their attorneys, Ted Olson and David Boies, do not object to the idea. The close-minded defenders of Prop. 8 are objecting stating that televising the court hearings will be "potential for intimidation" and that the "right to a fair trial will be undermined." Sounds to me like they know they should be ashamed of what they are doing, huh? Let's put those bigots on tv and see what they are made of then. I think I know what they are made of, and it doesn't smell very good. Overturn Prop. 8 and let's make our country what it's supposed to be; fair, equal and free. [source]