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Prop 8: Hak-Shing William Tam Exposed – Ban Gay Marriage= Safe from Devil

SAN FRANCISCO.   — Melanie Nathan in Marin County tonight –

We have previously reported on today’s highly controversial witness, one Hak-Shing  William Tam.  Tam was called as a Plaintiff (hostile)  witness to reveal his connection to the Prop 8 Campaign.  Although a Prop 8 proponent, Mr. Tam has turned out to be the thorn in the tuchus of the Prop 8 Defendants’ – their worst nightmare.  

Tam had already been deposed and so could not escape having to testify, allowing attorney David Boies to successfully elucidated the explicit craziness of this man’s assertions.

He was repeatedly exposed on his hostile views toward gays and lesbians and their fundamental rights.    Prop 8 was on the ballot as a response to the Court ruling that gays and lesbians have a basic right to marry.  The Plaintiffs’ lawyers consider Tam’s brutal standpoint on same-sex marriage important to proving that Proposition 8 was fueled by hostility and animus toward gays and lesbians, providing reason to give them greater protection under the U.S. Constitution.  Tam could do all but  prove that bias toward gays fueled the campaign to pass the measure.

Tam testified he equated same-sex marriage to pedophilia, polygamy and legalizing sex with children, and that California would fall into the “hands of Satan” if same-sex couples could wed. It is no wonder the 8 campaign tried to dispel this witness as irrelevant. However the Prop8’ers could not escape the trap – the connection to their campaign was inextricable proven, through powerful evidence.

Today Tam’s seat was hot – if he did not repeat what he had stated in his deposition he could be impeached and face perjury. 

Imagine, the Prop 8 proponents are distancing themselves from the very type of antagonism that was specifically used to incite Yes on 8 Voters and that was used to attract millions of dollars through out of State Churches.   It is clear to us out here living Prop 8 that this alienating language was simply ‘par for their course.’ We all heard it, saw it and felt it; the ads, the comments on BLOGS,  to the flyers, and so on.  Yet now they grovel behind their own assertions because in truth it is now ‘nipping them in the tuchus.’

Today was a huge victory for plaintiffs when this man was compelled to repeat and admit his hateful verbiage.  Even the lack of in court cameras will not stand in the way of our reporting – texting live – blogging,  as we expose him to America anyway.    More satisfying is that there is simply no way that the Defense can get around it. The connection has been made.

Proposition 8 lawyer, Nicole Moss, through her questions, failed to distance the campaign from Tam’s statements, when they tried to depict him as going rogue with his statements about gays and lesbians without the consent of Proposition 8 campaign officials.

So as the feeble and fearful Prop 8 campaign tries, in vain, to wriggle themselves free of Tam,   this man is clearly who he is – a leading proponent of Proposition 8 and they simply cannot detach him from the campaign.   Boies showed that Tam was inextricably linked to the campaign, showing e-mails in which he regularly communicated with ProtectMarriage.com officials and evidence Tam mobilized the Asian community and organized rallies against same-sex marriage.

Even if the connection had not been made by direct evidence – it is very difficult to separate a campaign from the speakers that show up with the megaphones – so to speak – they take on the tone, the attitude and the purpose of the campaign. When a guy like TAM shows up to shout and you give him a cup of coffee – he is part of your campaign.  A campaign that fails to distance itself at the relevant time, tacitly endorses the message.

So as TAM found himself on trial today, together with the rest of the Prop 8 supporters, I am able to make a shift in my own thinking.   For a while I thought it was us on trial, the LGBT community – but instead I am now taking a different stand – through the words of TAM I believe that the entire religious right-bigot-wingers are on trial.   It is them – not us – they are on trial for their despicable detestation – they are being exposed and America will be the Judge. 

So when TAM lies and says  ”I was acting independently,” on the stand – he is committing perjury as his words fly in the face of the evidence proving otherwise. Tam said the statements he made were not approved by ProtectMarriage.com and Proposition 8′s leadership.  However, we all know better than that; we know that they ‘rah-rah’ed’ behind each other with the very specific intent to rob us of our rights, whether through act or omission they got what they wanted.  Then! Now? Now it is our turn. 

Sourced – Howard Mintz, Mercury News. Great work Howard thanks.

By Melanie Nathan. nathan@privatecourts.com

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