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China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-15 07:53
No broadcast for gay case
The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that video from the trial over California's same-sex marriage ban cannot be broadcast, handing a victory to those defending the ban. By a 5-4 vote, the high court granted an emergency request from attorneys supporting the Proposition 8 ban for a stay of the broadcasting of the trial.
The attorneys said broadcasting the trial would turn it into a "media circus" and that witnesses who testify would be intimidated and experience "irreparable harm".
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