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[LiberalAndProud]

Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Tue Jan-05-10 07:37 PM
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Extremely urgent Prop 8 news
Just got this message from the Courage Campaign, and I'm spreading the news. Please join me.

This is extremely urgent and extremely important.

U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker -- who will be overseeing a federal court challenge to Prop 8 starting this Monday (January 11) -- is considering whether or not to open the court room to TV cameras.

The court just announced that it is seeking public comment on the proposal to televise the trial -- and that all comments must be submitted to the court by a Friday deadline.

The interest in this case is unprecedented. And not surprisingly, supporters of Prop 8 -- who eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry -- do NOT want the trial to be televised.

Opponents of Prop 8 -- led by attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson -- are seeking to televise the case in the interests of full transparency. They want this historic trial to be watched by as many Americans as possible. And, of course, we agree.

We have just this one chance to make our voices heard -- thousands of Americans calling for equality, transparency and accountability. That's why we're teaming up with CREDO Action to collect as many signatures as possible asking Judge Walker to televise the case. We need your signature now:

SIGNATURE DEADLINE: FRIDAY 9 a.m.

http://www.couragecampaign.org/TeleviseTheTrial


Together, along with our friends at CREDO, we will hand-deliver your signatures to Judge Vaughn Walker on Friday before the deadline.

[Born_A_Truman]

1. Yes, I signed the petition!

[grantcart]

2. done

[Hekate]

3. I did see it, and signed.

TY for the repost.

Hekate

[DevonRex]

4. I get emails from them but I haven't seen this petition yet.

Maybe it's in my inbox now. I will definitely sign it.

[HughMoran]

5. Signed - thanks I didn't see that one n/t

[JuniperLea]

6. Thanks for posting this!

I had heard of it, but hadn't seen anything like this. Done!

I want to see their eyes as they spew hatred toward their fellow Americans.

[DevonRex]

7. The great thing is that once you sign you'll start getting updates and

notifications of other action you can take to help out. I love this campaign. They do positive work that we can all take part in.

Shit. I hate ending sentences with prepositions but sometimes it sounds so pedantic to use correct grammar.

[rebel with a cause]

10. I just got rid of most of my 'liberal' groups because of

the anti-Obama things I was getting, so I hate to start any up again. But will sign this knowing I can always unsubscribe if they do so also. :eyes:

Edited to add: Done.

[NYC Liberal]

8. Signed!

Thank you for posting :)

[OregonBlue]

9. Done. Thanks.