[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/gay-marriage-news\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/gay-marriage-news\/","headline":"Update on the Prop 8 Trial: Judge Requests Paperwork","name":"Update on the Prop 8 Trial: Judge Requests Paperwork","description":"By Kirsten Palladino The Bay Area blog of The New York Times reports that Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Monday that the civil rights groups that...","datePublished":"2010-03-24","dateModified":"2021-06-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/gay-marriage-news\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":184,"articleBody":" By Kirsten PalladinoThe Bay Area blog of The New York Times reports that Judge Vaughn Walker ruled Monday that the civil rights groups that  opposed Proposition 8, California\u2019s same-sex marriage ban,  must hand  over some of their internal documents to lawyers for their  opponents. Judge Walker\u2019s ruling comes weeks after testimony ended in a  federal trial in San Francisco over the constitutionality of the 2008  ballot measure.  Closing arguments have not been scheduled. There should not even  have been a trial, opponents of same-sex marriage have argued.  Instead, the judge should have decided the case on paper submissions.  \u201cTo think that somehow the rules of evidence can lead you to the right  answer is just not right,\u201d said Jordan W. Lorence, a lawyer with  Alliance Defense Fund and a member of the trial team. \u201cThere should not  have been a trial.\u201d [The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times]Judge Walker gave Protect Marriage’s lawyers until April 12 to  submit their remaining evidence.Read more: http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/n\/a\/2010\/03\/22\/national\/a153210D13.DTL#ixzz0j3j0wlgN"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Update on the Prop 8 Trial: Judge Requests Paperwork","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/gay-marriage-news\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]