Couples tell of toll from state “gay marriage” ban as Prop. 8 trial begins

Sacramento Bee: “Paul Katami, who testified along with his partner, faced cross-examination from defenders of the measure, who wondered why parents shouldn’t have the right to weigh in on the content of sex education for their children. ‘You believe parents can disagree about same-sex marriage,’ but that ‘they can’t do anything about it?’ asked Proposition 8 attorney Brian Raum of the Phoenix-based Alliance Defense Fund. ‘That’s not what I said,’ Katami replied. He said parents ‘absolutely’ have rights to impart their beliefs, but that they didn’t have a right to infringe on the constitutional rights of others.”