The closing arguments by both sides in the legal battle over California's gay marriage ban won't be broadcast, the Ninth U.S. District Court announced last week.

Speculation that lawyer's final arguments in the high-profile trial considering the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban narrowly approved by California voters in 2008, would be broadcast jumped after the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the court might consider such an option.

“Despite a rebuff from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Bay Area's federal judges are again proposing to allow cameras in their courtrooms, a plan that could lead to telecasting of closing arguments in a suit challenging California's ban on sex-sex marriage,” the paper reported.