Prop 8 Trial Re-enactment, Day 2 Chapter 1

Day 2 Chapter 1 of the Proposition 8 Trial Re-enactment presented by MarriageTrial.com. Produced by John Ainsworth & John Ireland.

Edited by Michael Legge.

THE JUDGE
Vaughn Walker, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court portrayed by Ted Heyck
THE PLAINTIFFS
Paul Katami portrayed by Woody Schultz
Jeffrey Zarrillo portrayed by Bryan Cuprill
Kristin Perry portrayed by Kitty Swink
Sandy Stier portrayed by Tess Harper
THE PLAINTIFF ATTORNEYS
David Boies portrayed by Jack Laufer
Theodore Olson portrayed by Clyde FT Small
Theodore Boutrous portrayed by Peter Cassone
Christopher Dusseault portrayed by Jon Keel
Matthew McGill portrayed by Mark Doerr
Ethan Dettmer portrayed by Shawn Ryan
THE PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR ATTORNEYS
Dennis Herrera, S.F. City Attorney portrayed by Matt Pittenger
Therese Stewart, S.F. Deputy City Attorney portrayed by Sarah Gaboury
Christine Van Aken, S.F. City Attorney Portayed by Kate McNeil
Danny Chou, S.F. City Attorney portrayed by Peter James Smith
S.F. City Attorney Ronald Flynn portrayed by Todd Waring
THE DEFENDANTS
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor Does not appear at trial.
Edmund G. Brown, California Attorney General Does not appear at trial.
Linette Scott, Deputy Director of Health & Strategic Planning for the California Department of Public Health Does not appear at trial.
Patrick OConnell, Clerk-Recorder County of Alameda Does not appear at trial.
Dean Logan, Clerk-Recorder County of Los Angeles Does not appear at trial.
THE DEFENDANT ATTORNEY
Tamar Pachter, Deputy Attorney General portrayed by Susyn Duris
THE DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR ATTORNEYS
Charles Cooper portrayed by Julian Simmons
David Thompson portrayed by Scott Kradolfer
Nicole Moss portrayed by Judith Hoag
Howard Nielson portrayed by Jon Acosta
Brian Raum, Alliance Defense Fund portrayed by John Ainsworth
Andrew Pugno, Protect Marriage.com portrayed by Brian Poth
James Campbell, Alliance Defense Fund portrayed by Victor Warren
Terry Thompson, Attorney for William Tam portrayed by Tuc Watkins
Peter Patterson, Alliance Defense Fund portrayed by Len Cordova
Vincent McCarthy, American Center for Law & Justice portrayed by William Charlton
THE WITNESSES
Dr. Nancy Cott, Professor of History, Harvard University portrayed by Nicole Hoelle
Dr. George Chauncey, Professor of History, Yale University portrayed by John Ireland
Dr. Letitia Peplau Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles portrayed by Adrienne Barbeau
Edmund Egan, Chief Economist, City of San Francisco portrayed by Jim Abele
Dr. Ilan Meyer, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, portrayed by Arye Gross
Helen Zia, Journalist based in San Francisco, portrayed by Sachie Alessio Heath
Dr. Michael Lamb, Professor of Economics, Cambridge University, portrayed by Basil Smith
Jerry Sanders, Mayor, City of San Diego portrayed by Peter Jason
Dr. M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, portrayed by Pamela Reed
Ryan Kendall, Conversion Therapy Survivor portrayed by Jarod Einsohn
Dr. Gary Segura, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, portrayed by Sean Stanek
Hak-Shing William Tam, Businessman based in San Francisco, portrayed by Gedde Watanabe
Dr. Gregory M. Herek, Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis, portrayed by Scott Lowell
Dr. Kenneth Miller, Assoc. Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College, portrayed by Kasey Mahaffy
David Blankenhorn, Founder & President, Institute for American Values, portrayed by Gregory Itzin

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[rg0057]

Hmm. The viewers I'm watching this with agree that the quality is decreasing in each new video.

* witnesses typically do not read all of their answers from a page. Did Cott actually do this at trial?

* zoom in each of the frames a little bit, so we wouldn't see, for example, counsel's hand in witness's frame.

* for continuity, people don't generally change clothes instantaneously.

* the transcript is not being adhered to

More attention to detail, please.

[MarriageTrial]

Your message definitely caught our attention.

I should stress that our primary goal is to make the trial proceedings accessible as a video/audio for people who would never access the printed transcripts. We have shot nearly 3,000 pages of transcript with a cast of over 40 professional actors on $0 budget. All of the contributors, including our editors, are volunteering their time.

In typical film & television production, professional actors typically have a number of days to prepare for

[MarriageTrial]

In typical film & television production, professional actors typically have a number of days to prepare for 10-20 pages of script. In this case, our actors had less than a few hours to prepare for 300+ pages, with very few cuts. We simply did not have the luxury of a second take.

It is important to note, as well, that we gave specific direction to all of our actors *not* to paraphrase and always to choose the script over a more dramatic moment of eye contact, for instance. The simple fact

[MarriageTrial]

The simple fact is that real people spoke these actual words and our purpose is to re-create the transcript as a historic record.

You will find errors, to be sure. Some of these are entertaining for some viewers, who enjoy finding that sort of thing. We do not intend to have continuity errors, missing pages due to data corruption, that sort of thing. We are, however, very proud that we have been able to reach the quality of production possible on our schedule.

Thank you for your interest in

[MarriageTrial]

Thank you for your interest in the Prop 8 Trial Re-enactment. We appreciate your close following of our project!

-John Ireland

[goingforwardforever]

Thanks for the video!

[AlexanderMccarthey87]

@historyboy08 what about "no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion."

[historyboy08]

@AlexanderMccarthey87 the 1st amendment states the freedom of religion so yes, its constitutional

[AlexanderMccarthey87]

@historyboy08 and making a law which clearly respects an institution of religion against gay marriage is constitutional?

[AlexanderMccarthey87]

@rg0057 about the continuity I think the reason they changed clothes was because it was the next day.

[historyboy08]

Prop 8 is constitutional! What the state of California wanted to do with the legalization of gay marriage prior to the passing of Proposition 8, was violating the separation of church and state. If California would have made gay marriage legal only at the federal level where a gay couple could be married at the Justice of the Peace, that would be lawful.

[tomwduda]

@MarriageTrial In my opinion, the re-enactment is brilliantly conceived, performed and captured on video. This particular trial is immensely important and I regard the herculean efforts of all participants to have done a great service to further the education of all people regardless of where in the world they live.

I will also say that it takes much more thought to ponder the implications that result from this trial than it does to find things to poke fun at.

[NightHawkBomber001]

@nagla2009 Do you have any proof of this or are you just calling names to distract people from your own inadequacies?

[nagla2009]

@PONYBOY430 good i hate faking gays and lesbians,they can all die.

[nagla2009]

@PONYBOY430 gays lesbian are freaks ,they dont need to married.