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Once adversaries in 2000's Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, now two of the nation's premier lawyers — one conservative and one liberal — have teamed up to make the constitutional case for same-sex marriage.
They battled it out as legal adversaries in 2000 before the Supreme
Court in Bush v. Gore. But what's got these two prominent
lawyers - one conservative and one liberal - working
together in court now? Theodore Olson, one of the nation's premier
appellate and United States Supreme Court advocates and David
Boies, one of the country's preeminent trial lawyers, argued
opposite sides for the fate of the 2000 election but are now teamed
up in the fight to overturn California's Proposition 8 ballot
measure outlawing same-sex marriage. The unexpected pair discusses
why they've taken on the hot-button issue - even as some gay
rights activists objected - and why they don't believe that
same-sex marriage is a right or left issue.