Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled to extend a ban on releasing the footage of Proposition 8 trial currently taking place in San Francisco to the public. The ruling, written by the court’s five conservative justices, stated that defenders of the ban on same-sex marriage ban would face “irreparable harm” if the footage from the trial was accessible to the public.

The greater harm to the public, however, is keeping from them the facts on how homophobia has fueled the testimonies of the defense’s witnesses. The public deserves to see the true face of intolerance and prejudice behind Proposition 8.

Read the rest of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Huffington Post article here.