And now comes the point where the far-right uses conjecture about a judge's sexual orientation to witch-hunt him off of a case. Take it away, Matt "one man violently cramming his penis into another man’s lower intestine and calling it ‘love’” Barber: “The revelation that Judge Walker apparently chooses to engage in homosexual conduct, if true, would explain much of his bizarre behavior throughout this trial,” said [Liberty Counsel's Matt Barber]. “At every turn he’s displayed extreme bias in favor of his similarly situated homosexual activist plaintiffs. These individuals have eschewed the democratic process and seek to ...

On Sunday, the SF Chronicle "outed" Prop 8 trial Judge Vaughn Walker (at least, was the first mainstream media to do so — it was an "open secret" as they said). In the article, it was predicted that Walker would be attacked for having bias in the case.So, predictably, the National Organization for Marriage has come completely unhinged. Writes Brian Brown in NOM's typically paranoid and victimized fashion: We have no idea whether the report is true or not. But we do know one really big important fact about Judge Walker: He’s been an amazingly biased and ...

The way the far-right is handling Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn' Walker's "outing" is absolutely disgusting. Because they're not just coming out and saying that the Prop 8 federal trial judge's sexual orientation makes him biased. If they were, we'd almost have more respect. But instead, they're timorously putting the point out there, and using it as further "fuel" for their ridiculous claim that the trial has been stacked against them from the beginning, with Judge Walker being the reason why. Focus on the Family: As any reader of this blog already knows, I’ve criticized Walker’s handling of the case ...

Day 12 started with cross examination of the remarkably inexpert "expert" witness for the defense, Blankenhorn, on the stand. Boies: You believe it would benefit gay and lesbian couples and their children to allow same sex marriage? DB: I believe it is likely to do that. Boies: You believe it is almost certain to do that? DB: Yes, I believe same sex marriage is almost certain to benefit gay and lesbian couples and their children. Boies: Reads from B's book. "If adopting same sex marriage would be likely to impede that goal, I'd be against it." You believe that the rights of ...

When news emerged that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against televising the federal Prop 8 trial, it was also reported that YouTube broadcast was still pending: "The Supreme Court earlier issued a stay against the closed-circuit broadcasts as well as an order by Judge Walker for the proceedings to be shown on the Internet site YouTube. Wednesday's high-court ruling didn't touch on the Internet posting, saying it was premature. A federal appeals court hasn't yet ruled on the Internet aspect."Now it appears that Walker has scrapped efforts to have it posted on the internet: "Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn ...

• New portfolio site is nearly done. Could really use the help of a PHP expert to troubleshoot one annoying bug though. http://bit.ly/7AJGU3 #
• I wouldn't mind seeing them revert to the speedo, but banning a swimsuit because it helps you swim fast? Dumb. http://bit.ly/6a5gFE #
• Solved a PHP issue all on my own. With as little PHP as I know, that makes me feel like a god! #
• I have been getting much cooler fortune cookies lately (still no actual fortunes though, just "words of wisdom" type sentences). #
• Having permanently lost his "all around good guy" persona,

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A mixed bag for those hoping to watch live proceedings of the federal Prop 8 trial (which starts next Monday). Judge Vaughn Walker has declined a live telecast of the shindig. However, there will most likely be a day-old webcast: Despite thousands of people responding to a request for comments on allowing a live TV pool camera in the courtroom for the federal Prop 8 trial starting next Monday, Judge Vaughn Walker just declined that offer by a Media Coalition and In Session TV. However, Judge Walker ordered a TV recording of the proceedings for delayed web distribution on YouTube the next ...

There's a debate going on whether the federal trial on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which starts on Monday January 11th in San Francisco will be televised or not.You can have your say by going to http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/TeleviseTheTrial and signing up online to have aletter delivered by The Courage Campaign, or you can contact the judge directly, at:www.cand.uscourts.gov, click "Notice Concerning Revision of CivilLocal Rule 77-3"). The comment period on the amendment to the rulesends FRIDAY JANUARY 8, and if too few comments in favor of the ruleare received, there's a real chance it will ...

That is, the federal case to overturn Prop 8. The N.Y. Times has just done an article on the October 14 hearing. (We really must get some fresh ponies for the post office.) They bring up the fact that in addition to Judge Walker's delicious questioning that we already read about, he got into the procreation issue as well. In the courtroom, Mr. [Charles J.] Cooper's arguments seemed to fall of their own weight. The government should be allowed to favor opposite-sex marriages, Mr. Cooper said, in order "to channel naturally procreative sexual activity between men and women ...