One of my new favorite blogs to read is A Practical Wedding, which is aimed for practical gals like myself who would rather talk more about getting and being married than the wedding itself (seriously, if you’re engaged or married, it’s a good read about married life.
Meg, the proprietor of APW, posted this video clip about Proposition 8 the other day, and I think it’s very important to watch. Check your predisposed politics at the blog post door. The man being interviewed here is super-conservative attorney Ted Olson, who has argued a fair number of cases in front of the Supreme Court, perhaps most famously George W. Bush v. Al Gore over the results of the 2000 election. He later became Solicitor General under Bush.
Also worth noting is this interview is being aired on Fox, so you probably can assume how this is going to go, right? Well you’re wrong. Olson is one of the attorneys challenging the constitutionality of Prop 8 NOT defending it. His arguments against Prop 8 perhaps are not what you usually hear, either.
It’s a little long but it gets better as he picks up steam.
Here’s a column Olson wrote for Newsweek on the topic if you’re interested in reading more.
Interesting addendum, Olson has teamed up with David Boies, his adversary in Bush v. Gore in bringing this lawsuit. I wasn’t sure I’d ever see the day when gay rights would align folks from such opposite sides of the aisle.