The American Foundation for Equal Rights has posted two deposition videos of witnesses, Paul Nathanson, Ph.D. and Katherine Young, Ph.D., who were withdrawn by the Prop 8 supporters out of concern that the trial was to be videotaped, and they would be putting them in some sort of danger. However, given the testimony in the depositions they were more likely worried about what the danger to their own case.
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Nathanson and Young both state that equal marriage would increasefamily stability, improve the lives of children, and that gay men andlesbians have faced a long history of discrimination includingviolence. They also acknowledge broad scientific and professionalconsensus in favor of equal marriage.
The backers of Prop. 8 told the court this week that they weredropping four witnesses from their witness list, leaving only two. Theyclaimed this was due to a reluctance to testify because of cameras inthe courtroom. The trial, however, is not being broadcast. We have nowseen three depositions of the withdrawn experts, which would form thebasis for their cross-examinations, that resulted in the experts makingadmissions that disagreed with the backers of Prop. 8's case, which iswhat actually led to the last-minute witness list reduction.
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