Proponents of Proposition 8 have to file a brief on or before August 16 to show they have standing to appeal a district court decision to release tapes of the landmark Perry v.
Schwarzenegger trial that led to the resumption of same-sex marriages in California. As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported Judge William H.
Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California had ordered last year that tapes of the 10-year-old trial be released.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal put a stay on the release of the tapes pending appeal. Before the appeal can be heard, the backers of the anti-LGBTQ ballot measure have to show standing. "Appellants' unopposed motion for an extension of time in which to file their opening