Prop 8 Trial Going on YouTube

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" in the matter and the potential for the proceedings to be "highly informative."

He rejected the idea of a live broadcast, however. Instead, tapes of the day's proceedings would go up after a delay of several hours. The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals must approve, but it's expected to do so, the LA Times reports. Supporters of Proposition 8, which outlaws same-sex marriage, had opposed taping the proceedings because they thought witnesses would be unwilling to give such public testimony.