Supreme Court Of U.S. Stands By Same Sex Marriage Video; Open For Public Watch

Source: Down To Earth

The Supreme Court (SC) of the U.S. spurned the bid for sealing the public release of historical records of same-sex marriages, on Tuesday. The video was about the landmark same-sex marriage watershed 2010 trial in California. The opponents asked SC to block the release, which came into power with a voter-approved ban in America’s most prestigious state.

Justice for same-sex marriages through twists and turns

A veteran lawyer, Christopher Dusseault, who fought through the case of unsealing video, marked his response on clearing the taboos and discrimination on same-sex unions by the SC’s order. The lawyer from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm, Dusseault mentioned “While the trial took place more than 12 years ago, the lessons that it teaches about equality and justice could not be more vital today,”

The trial of the landmark same-sex marriage video case occurred in the federal court of San Francisco for two weeks. This has been presided over by Vaughn Walker, the U.S. District Judge. The lawsuit involving – pair of gay couples challenging the banning of same-sex marriage asked by Proposition 8 (the active proponents of the ballot initiative, 2008) in California. Proposition 8, had a disagreement on releasing the video, which was based on the pledge they made to the trial judge to retain it private.

The spurned bid was supported and passed by 52% of voters. While the justices diminish the lower court’s appeal of the 2021 ruling. This orientation has been backed by public radio, TV broadcaster KQED, and several news media companies along with advocates of same-sex marriage who were in favor of releasing the video and influenced the judgments of same-sex marriage trials.

In this case, Lawyer Walker, who used to govern in 2010 said that the discrimination in the matter of same-sex marriages, powered by the state’s bar hampers U.S. Constitution. The rights of people and citizens are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution as well as equal protection run by law.

The issue in releasing same-sex marriage video, 2021

In San Francisco, 2021, the 9th Circuit Court of the U.S. appealed in their 2-1 ruling. As the requiring order came for banning the public disclosure of same-sex marriage video recordings.

The gay rights advocates clearly mention that the harm of releasing the videotapes publicly was unknown. Further, regarding legal orientation, the Federal trial court does not permit video as well as audio recordings automatically. Also, this pandemic era demands to have those opportunities but the ability in order to watch or listen to the trials and hearings remotely is not accepted. The action is supported by this document for publication:
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/lbvgnbydypq/ssm-ca9-2021-11-18.pdf

Source: CNN

Unravelling journey of same-sex marriage trails in the U.S.

The legalization of same-sex marriage by the U.S. The Constitution happened in June 2015 nationwide. The landmark ruling proceeded with identical and lawful grounds as District Judge Vaughn Walker. In 2013, Walker paved the way for same-sex marriages and couples in order to get married in the heart of their city, California. The historic triumph considered the gay rights movement of America a huge successor in this matter, which led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in 50 U.S. states.

The culmination due to the windy and stretched legal fight gained public approval for same-sex marriage by all means of gay rights advocates. This was not possible until 2004 when Massachusetts was honored to declare itself as the first state in terms of legalizing same-sex marriage. The provocation of modern legal fights in Republican-governed states worked well.

Source: Reuters

Justice of the historical record Anthony Kennedy, wrote at that time on behalf of U.S. Supreme court had declared that said the aspiration of nuptials of gay people “is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.” He expressed how the children of gay people suffer due to the stigmatization which demands absolute support and recognition for stability as well as expected marriage offers. On the other hand, Antonin Scalia, the conservative Justice remarked his words by saying this decision was enough to show that the U.S. The Supreme court is a “threat to American democracy.”