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Craig Waters has been the public information officer and communications director for the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee since June 1, 1996. He is best known as the public spokesman for the Court during the 2000 presidential election controversy, when he frequently appeared on worldwide newscasts announcing rulings in lawsuits over Florida's decisive vote in the election. These cases are known to history as ''George W. Bush v. Albert Gore, Jr.'' or ''Bush v. Gore''. Waters' role in these events has been reprised in films, documentaries, and books about Florida's botched 2000 general election, which forced the world to wait for more than a month to learn who would become the next President of the United State of America. ==Career at the Florida Supreme Court== Waters began work at the Florida Supreme Court on March 2, 1987, as a law clerk (staff attorney). He was one of the first openly gay men to work at the state's highest court at a time when gender-based and other forms of discrimination were not only common but institutionalized. In 1987, the only two restrooms on the main floor were marked "Women" and "Lawyers," and it was common for some Justices to question young attorneys about their sexual orientation when interviewing for jobs as law clerks. Well into the 1990s, some management staff at the Court still openly used derogatory terms to refer to gay people. In the early 1990s, Waters was instrumental both in creating and then greatly expanding the Florida Supreme Court's (website ) at a time when the World-Wide Web was new and barely understood. Under the administration of Chief Justice Gerald Kogan, Waters led the Florida Supreme Court's efforts to begin (webcasting ) video of all of its oral arguments when the technology to do so first became available. Simultaneously, the Court began broadcasting via satellite and over the cable network the Florida Channel as part of the same program. Broadcasts continue to the present day. In the early 2000s, Waters made the Florida Supreme Court a pioneer in the use of emerging social media such as Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn to communicate with the public. Waters has frequently taught and lectured on the use of emerging communications technology, especially by courts and the legal profession. In May 2015, Waters announced he would wed his long-time companion Harold J. "Jim" Crochet later that year. His announcement on Facebook said, "In Celebration of two decades of life together, Craig Waters & Jim Crochet plan to be married in December 2015 on the 20th anniversary of their first sharing a household in 1995 during the time of marriage inequality." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craig Waters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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