Ted Olson goes to court on behalf of gay marriage

Washington Examiner ^ | 5/26/9 | Byron York

[BCrago66]

Former Bush administration solicitor general Theodore Olson is part of a team that has filed suit in federal court in California seeking to overturn Proposition 8 and re-establish the right of same-sex couples to marry.

[csense]

" If the people of California had voted to ban interracial marriage, it would have been the responsibility of the courts to say that they cannot do that under the constitution.

Oi vay....doesn't anybody understand logic and reason anymore. Race, like religion, class, etc., are restrictions on the principle, or premise, of marriage. Unreasonable restrictions as they are (and therefore, discriminatory) they don't violate the premise of one man (or one male) and one woman (or one female)

Same sex marriage is not a restriction, it is a redefinition of the principle itself and creates an entirely new premise.

The two are not logically analogous.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I suppose a case could be made that there is a compelling interest to forbid polygamy under the assumption that up to 15% of the male population would not marry leading to severe social problems.

Roe v. Wade...

Society has no right to intervene in private reproductive choices.

Doesn't a woman have the "right to choose" several husbands???

[giotto]

Equal Protection challenge for gay marriage

No one is denying homosexuals the right to marry a person of the opposite sex. The only way they can win this argument is to redefine marriage, which 75% of the populace will not allow.

[Dixie Yooper]

There’s always been one thing I never liked about Ted Olson...He’s a Lawyer.

[dforest]

Olson is an attorney. I never did think he was a real conservative icon. That said, Barry Richards(I think that was the guy that argued at the SCOTUS for Bush against Algore), was a democrat, but he took the case.

The attorney for El Rushbo was most likely a lib, but he took the case.

if you get my drift.......

[Conan the Conservative]

Are there no Republican men of principal? I know he is a lawyer but he is not obligated to take this case. I doubt he needs the money. When is the last time a RAT crossed the line to help a Repub cause?

[eeriegeno]

It’s all about the money!!!! Old Ted would probably sell his soul if the price was right?

[RetSignman]

Lawyering is a business, a lawyer doesn’t have to believe in his clients mindset or agenda.

There are lawyers who KNOW their client is guilty of the criminal charges against them but they’ll work their butt’s off him or her for the paycheck.

[longtermmemmory]

I think this will be bigger than Roe because adults do not want their children endangered by homosexuals.

The key to this debate is to get people to question the news media, or more correctly realise the news media IS THE ENEMY.

[longtermmemmory]

A lawyer is taught, or at least was taught, that you don’t take cases where you have a moral objection. This is not a criminal case where guilt must be proven and there is a process of defense and conviction.

This is a civil matter.

What convervative groups does Olson belong to? Those groups need to be targetted with protests and denied money.

Sadly, Ted Olson needs to become poison to those organizations.

[RSmithOpt]

So, just how many Muslim majority countries recognize gay fag lez marriage as a legal and accepted union? Just curious....all the commies and all other anti-American dipsticks need to be asked that question in public.

[longtermmemmory]

you are confusing criminal and civil.

criminal is a different process and standard of proof.

Civil suits require more moral consideration. You don’t get an ethical free pass if your morals are in conflict.

Ted Olson has no problem with homosexual marriage, that is why he is fighting for it. I would suggest ALL those in his pollitical sphere side with him.

[elpadre]

I take hat ed is no longer interested is a Republican office??

[steve-b]

Nope. The decision says precisely the opposite — that monogamy is a civil institution which may not be superceded by religious doctrine.

[NinoFan]

American conservatives in general? Possibly. But not among those conservatives who closely follow the Court. His moderate side has been known for years.

[NinoFan]

“Ted Olson has no problem with homosexual marriage, that is why he is fighting for it. I would suggest ALL those in his pollitical sphere side with him.”

Look, I don’t have a problem with such marriages, but I do have a problem with the Constitution being twisted by leftist judges and their supporters . Just because you support something doesn’t mean you should run to the nearest courthouse to push it through.

The difference between the legislature and the judiciary is evaporating and people are no longer concerned about the difference. That’s incredibly sad. I couldn’t believe the number of commentators yesterday who framed the court decision as the court coming out against gay marriage.

[Lancey Howard]

I get your drift, but Olson has the resources to accept or turn down whatever cases he wants. This “case” is one in which he seeks to use the courts to overturn the will of the electorate. Despicable and unforgivable. Olson is a waste.

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[dforest]

Well, I agree with you. We might expect better from him.

I guess he wants to be liked in the beltway.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Another RINO outs himself.