For Me. According to my little Google analytics software for this web site, readership has spiked fairly significantly over the past 2 weeks. Never mind that I can’t type a sentence after consuming several cocktails. Not sure of the reason, perhaps you are all just interested in my posts or my reactions to politics as of late…whatever. I appreciate it. I was going to spend some time tonight re-posting some of the highlights from the Prop 8 trial that wrapped up it’s first week in California but there is just too much to rehash here. There are so many other writers and bloggers out there who are better than me at being succinct. If you want to follow this trial you can visit some of these web sites for daily and informative commentary.
Prop 8 Trial Tracker – the most informative site. Featuring twitter feeds from bloggers, commentary, and legal analysis.
LGBT POV – daily updates, commentary, and analysis
American Foundation for Equal Rights – this is the home page for the organization representing marriage equality in court. See who the players are here.
Each of the links in my Favorites list on the left also provides a great deal of information and commentary.
We are obviously off for the weekend and the trial will resume again on Tuesday, January 19. It is interesting to note that those defending Prop 8 continue to face some serious set backs. 2 more of their “expert” witnesses have withdrawn with their lawyers claiming fear of intimidation and harassment from the GLBT community. What’s relevant here is that their testimony could never withstand cross examination. The Marriage Equality legal team is so strong and their arguments so well supported by everything from science to sociology, that witnesses are being withdrawn because their arguments amount to nothing more than discredited science and pure bigotry towards gays and lesbians. They’ve got about 2 “experts” left who have not withdrawn and their case is getting weaker and weaker by the day. Going into week 2 things will likely warp up for our side and we will then get into the Prop 8 side where they will call witnesses and go through the same thing we just did this past week. The commentary will be far more interesting in the coming days because it will expose just how out of touch the opposition is to reality. They are going to have a very difficult time proving their side of this case.
I will insert here that it is WAY to early to claim any sort of victory in this case. It is exceptionally complicated, filled with social science and psychology that the general public has a hard time understanding to begin with. It is quite unlikely that any sort of finality will come from this trial. It will be appealed to a higher court regardless of the outcome and it will eventually come to SCOTUS for a decision. As I’ve said in previous posts, that could be later this year, it could be several years from now. The point is, this is just the start.
Because I’m following this so closely, that means I’m spending a bit more time on the computer than usual. That also means that I’ll be posting more on this blog. Don’t get used to it. haha. I’m sure that once summer rolls around again, I’ll find better things to do with my time than sit around on the computer on my days off re-hashing what other writers can say so much better than me. But, for now, enjoy.
