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Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson Supporting Same Sex Marriage
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| Last Edited | COSDem May 27, 2009 04:25pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President George W. Bush's first Solicitor General, Ted Olson, filed a lawsuit in US district court on May 22 to protest Prop 8, the California law banning same sex marriage.
Joining with his former opponent in Bush v Gore, David Boies, Olson is suing on behalf of two same-sex couples in California, The Advocate reports: Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier of Berkeley, who have been together for nine years and are the parents of four children, and Paul Katami and Jeffrey Zarrillo of Burbank, who have been together for eight years.
Their argument: the State of California giving same sex couples "the separate-but-unequal institution of domestic partnership," instead of full marriage, violates equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, creating a class of "second-class citizens"
"We believe this is the kind of matter where Americans must come together and recognize the rights of all citizens," Olson told the AP. |
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