Today, what will be a landmark case where lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies are suing Charles Cooper and ProtectMarriage.com over Proposition 8 commences in San Francisco. It’s a big deal. Their argument is that it violates the the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and that everyone that the people involved were actively discriminating against GLBT with the hateful law. Basically, they are arguing the constitution validity of California Proposition 8.

Here’s the Wiki on how the case came about and the parties involved:

In May 2009, the Alameda County Clerk-Registrar, Patrick O’Connell, denied Kristin Perry and Sandra Steir a marriage license because they are a same-sex couple. For the same reason, Dean Logan, the Los Angeles County Clerk, denied Paul Katami and Jeffrey Zarrillo a marriage license. The couples sued the two county clerks and several state officials: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General Jerry Brown, and two officials in the Department of Public Health. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker is hearing the case.

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Okay well not quite, but I got your attention. Get this though….!

Ted Olson and David Boies are two very high profile lawyers who are sick of Proposition 8. SO IS EVERYONE ELSE! Well these two worked opposite sides of the Bush vs. Gore campaign and are well known in the American lawyer circles. They’re representing two same sex couples who were denied the right to marry right? Against the law now. Well they’re just being blatant about it and trying to repeal this saying that:

“This unequal treatment of gays and lesbians denies them the basic liberties and equal protection under the law that are guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution”

AMEN BRUTHAS! I can get behind this. This is amazeballs.

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Last night I was alerted by one of our readers (Rome) via a comment on my last Proposition 8 article that the fight for gay marriage equality is now going Federal! (Thanks Rome for the awesome information!)

Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson & Attorney David Boies, who argued against each other in the Bush vs. Gore contested election, announced yesterday that they are bringing fight against Proposition 8 to the federal level. The two high profile lawyers held a press conference yesterday announcing that, they (as The American Foundation for Equal Rights) have filed a federal lawsuit against Proposition 8. The case was filed in U.S. Discrict Court in northern California and asked for an immediate injunction against Prop. 8 until the federal court is resolved.

Olson, a prominent Republican says, “It’s not about liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. We’re here in part to symbolize that. This case is about the equal rights guaranteed to every American under the United States constitution… For too long, gay men and lesbians who seek stable committed, loving relationships within the institution of marriage have been denied that fundamental right.”

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