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Prop 8 Trial Going on YouTube

Watershed moment on gay marriage will be taped and broadcast

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 6, 2010 6:19 PM CST

(Newser) – The federal trial to decide the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 on gay marriage will likely be videotaped and put up on YouTube. A district court judge today endorsed the idea of a delayed broadcast of the trial, which starts Monday, citing "widespread interest"... Read full story »

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