YouTube worth watching

Proposition 8, lest you have missed the furor, was the bill that banned same-sex marriage in California. Those opposing the bill and fighting for its overturn were also those who were for the YouTube broadcast.

Somewhat predictably those against the YouTube broadcast were those who support and are defending Prop. 8. They argue that they believe video coverage would cause witnesses testifying in favor of the ban on gay marriage "irreparable harm."

Inexplicably, an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court by the defenders of Prop. 8 won the day and time-shifted YouTube video will now not be allowed.

The Supremes, in a fit of who knows what, refused to explain their reasoning and, I would suggest, we, the people, are effectively being excluded from the decision making process.

We can only hope that the Supremes will eventually allow broadcasting by YouTube and any other services and the sausage making of the law will be exposed to all as it happens. And we'll get to see the likes of Andrew Young and Rielle Hunter slug it out. That will be TV worth watching.