Gay marriage foe wants out of Proposition 8 trial

[Bluebear]

SAN FRANCISCO — A vocal gay marriage opponent who volunteered to become a defendant in the case challenging California's same-sex nuptial ban is now asking to be removed from the case.

Hak-Shing William Tam was one of the five official sponsors of Proposition 8 who formally "intervened" in a federal lawsuit challenging the voter-approved ban. The lawsuit officially names the state as the defendant, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown have refused to defend the voter-approved ban.

On Friday, Tam told U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker that he fears for his and his family's safety. In his court filing, Tam's lawyers say the trial will bring him unwanted publicity and expose him to retribution from gay marriage supporters.

Tam also says the case has been more time-consuming and more intrusive into his personal life than expected.

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[ruggerson]

1. Fuck him. Throw him in jail for contempt and let him rot.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Poor mixed up soul. The hatred and violent tendencies are on his side of this matter.

Not on the anti-8 side.

Failure moron.

[waiting for hope]

3. Really?

This here: "Tam also says the case has been more time-consuming and more intrusive into his personal life than expected..." Than I would suggest that the SOB shouldn't have gotten involved in the first place. And to fear for his safety? Methinks the man thinks to highly of himself.

[Smashcut]

5. How ironic that he doesn't want *his* personal life intruded into

Yet he supported a proposition to intrude into the personal lives of tens of thousands of total strangers.

POS.

[waiting for hope]

6. I know ... these people are the same ones

that say abortion is morally wrong but then they don't give a damn after the child is born.

[Smashcut]

7. Exactly!

[Bluebear]

9. +1

[Smashcut]

4. Oh right. Now that it's on VIDEO the bigot wants to retreat back under the refrigerator.

Fuck him. Make him sit through the entire thing.

[sandnsea]

8. Tams of the Mariana sweatshops?

Anybody done a background check on this guy?

[FreeState]

10. He wants put because his letter is evidence

In the months leading up the trial, lawyers for two unmarried same-sex couples on whose behalf the case was brought complained that Proposition 8's sponsors were withholding evidence to which the plaintiffs were entitled by citing a letter they had uncovered written by Tam to members of his church during the campaign.
In the letter, Tam outlined what he described as the disastrous consequences for allowing gays to marry in California.
"One by one, other states would fall into Satan's hands," he wrote. "Every child, when growing up, would fantasize marrying someone of the same sex. More children would become homosexuals."
The contents could come up in the trial because one of the issues is whether the measure's backers were motivated by anti-gay bias.

[Bluebear]

12. Absolutely. He can't hide from his bigotry, which is the basis of the case.

"Too busy" my ass.

[jpak]

11. Coward

stupid fuck