Prop 8 Trail : Day 2 [via Twitter]

I am following @TheAdvocateMag's live tweets
for  part of my coverage of the trial.

This blog will focus on Day 2.
[Day 1 is here.]

who is who in the trial:
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker
Ted Boutrous: (Theodore Boutrous) a lawyer for the plaintiffs
David Boies: a lawyer representing the plaintiffs
Ted Olson: (Theodore Olson) a lawyer representing the plaintiffs
Charles Cooper: lead attorney for the defendants
Chad Griffin: a Los Angeles political consultant, against Prop 8
Therese Stewart: San Francisco deputy city attorney
Jeffrey Zarillo: plaintiff, partner of Paul Katami
Paul Katami: plaintiff, partner of Jeffrey Zarillo
Kristin Perry: plaintiff, married to Sandra Stier in August 2004 in San Fran
Nancy Kott: plaintiff, Harvard history professor
Sandra Stier: plaintiff, married to Kristin Perry
George Chauncey: Yale history professor

I will continue to update this list as the trial proceeds.


The following are some live tweets from @TheAdvocateMag's courtroom coverage of Day 2. All timestamps are in mountain standard time. All tweets are linked to their individual url:

#prop8
Day two schedule to start shortly. Harvard prof and marriage expert Nancy Cott to resume testimony. 9:30 AM Jan 12th
Walker in bench, court in session. 9:40 AM
Cott: Procreation not necessarily the central or defining purpose of marriage. 9:44 AM
Cott: Ability to procreate has never been a litmus test for marriage in the U.S. 9:49 AM
Cott: No evidence that emerging gender equality in the 20th century has damaged the institution of marriage. 10:28 AM
Q: Is there any empirical evidence that authorizing marriage rights for same-sex couples wld damage the institution? Cott: No. 10:32 AM
Cott under cross-exam, defense attempting to paint her as a marriage activist, not a neutral party. 10:43 AM
Cott cross-examined, defense focused on Christian prtecepts of marriage in early American history. 12:06 PM
Cott is shocked how "marriage laws have been used punitively" against minorities in the U.S. 12:49 PM
recess for lunch; Yale history professor George Chauncey should take the stand in the afternoon session 1:37 PM
Therese Stewart calls George Chauncey to the stand 2:39 PM
Chauncey: Gay men and lesbians have experiences widespread and acute discrimination, manifesting in criminalization... 2:47 PM ... of sexual intimacy, discrimination in public, accommodations and censorship. 2:48 PM
Chauncey: Disorderly conduct statutes widely used in the 20th century by law enforcement to penalize behavior in gay men 2:51 PM
Entrapment: Chauncey details history of police entering bars in plainclothes to set up gays 3:05 PM
Police harassment/brutality "was one more way it was conveyed to gays that they were a despised group of people." 3:15 PM

Live tweeting of the federal Prop. 8 trial will continue on Wednesday, January 13. about 23hrs ago 

Additional materials:

Tuesday Recap: Federal Prop. 8 Trial

"One Of The Happiest Grandmothers"
They Don't Know

Nancy Cott's faculty page at Harvard Uni

until my Day 3 blog...
[Day 1 is here.][An introduction to the Prop 8 Trial]
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