Proposition 8 Opponents Ordered To Disclose Campaign Communications, Constance McMillen Goes To Court, Scottish Survey Finds Most LGBT Experience Hate Crime, James Randi Comes Out, Chris Evans Captain America

United States Chief District Judge Vaughn Walker late Monday ordered opponents of Proposition 8 to turn over campaign materials from the 2008 California referendum, which will again delay a verdict in the trial challenging the constitutional validity of the gay marriage ban, of which Walker presides. The 24 page ruling rejects arguments posited by the American Civil Liberties Union and Equality California that contended the campaign communications are protected by the First Amendment as political speech. Walker has indicated April 12th as the deadline however the ACLU has hinted it is prepared to appeal the decision. Neither the defendants nor the plaintiffs have delivered closing arguments.

Monday, Itawamba County Schools Superintendent Teresa McNeece and school board Chairman Eddie Hood testified before a federal judge in Aberdeen, Mississippi that they had considered cancelling Itawamba Agricultural High School prom well before Constance McMillen requested bringing her girlfriend to the dance. McNeece and Hood told the court they has concerns about liability over the possible use of alcohol and drugs at a school-sanctioned event. However they did concede that the decision to cancel prom – scheduled for April 2nd- was because McMillen’s challenge to the school policy forbidding same sex dating had caused disruptions, although they could not offer any specific examples of said disruptions.

A new study via Stonewall Scotland suggests that a majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered have been the victim of some form of verbal abuse, and one third have been physically attacked. The survey also found that most do not report the incidents to the police. The report arrives as a new British law takes effect this week that will punish crimes motivated because of the victims sexuality or gender orientation or because they have a disability.

Canadian magician James Randi has come out. The 81 year old doing so via his website, in an entry titled How To Say It?

The long national nightmare is over: Chris Evans is Captain America.