Most of us were so swept up in anticipation of, then excitement over District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling last Wednesday, Aug. 4, affirming the constitutional right of same sex couple to marry that we didn't notice that court also posted videos and documents presented as part of the Prop 8 trial. All of this material - including the actual courtroom testimony (transcripts of which are available on the American Foundation for Equal Rights website - is now part of the record going before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal.

Among the videos, is the edited (35:31) deposition of William Tam, the Executive Director of the San Francisco-based Traditional Family Coalition and a Protect Marriage spokesperson in the Asian community. Tam was the Protect Marriage witness who wanted out of the case because he said he feared for the safety of himself and his family.