Gay marriage, and the fight over legal recognition thereof, has brought together some strange bedfellows, the NY Times reports.
Ted Olson and David Boies, the opposing counselors in Bush v. Gore, the 2000 Supreme Court case that essentially handed the presidency to George W, have filed a federal suit – together – to overturn California’s Prop 8.
“Ted and I, as everybody knows, have been on different sides in court on a couple of issues,” said Boies, who represented Al Gore in Bush v. Gore, told the NYT, “but this is not something that is a partisan issue. This is something that is a civil rights issue.”
Gay rights leaders, though, who have spent years devising a legal strategy, are not exactly thrilled about the move.
“We think its risky and premature,” said Jennifer C. Pizer, marriage project director for Lambda Legal in Los Angeles, adding that a loss at the Supreme Court level could take decades to undo, according to the Times.
