Ted Olson: 'Why Im Taking on Californias Gay Marriage Ban'

Ted Olson, a lifelong Republican who argued Bush v. Gore before the Supreme Court (and won), explains why same-sex marriage is an American value.

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[RikaKazak]

Real conservatives support gay marriage because we want the government OUT of our life and we believe in allowing people to do WHATEVER they want as long as it doesn't harm someone else.

(I voted for chuck baldwin last election cause mccain was too liberal...I'm a real conservative)

[djben1977]

I'm glad to have seen this. To me it seems like "religion" has gotten too involved in gov't. Also, personal opinions seem to be more important than basic rights. We all have opinions, and that's fine. But just because my opinion doesn't coincide with the majority, doesn't make it any less important. It's just an opinion, not a law. But opinions seem to be mixing in with the laws now. Just because you disagree, doesn't make it wrong. I represent me, not a "group." Am I making sense? :-)

[Pilgrim812]

Ted Olson you are a great advocate and a true American.Prop 8 is deadmeat. Just a

matter of time. Folks please send as much money as you can afford to AFER.

[SunTzu175]

@RikaKazak Exactly right. Too often have I seen liberal media sources associate true conservatives with their own agendas. We just want our social rights minus a government with it's hands in everything.

[RayLiehm]

@MaryWaterton Blah blah blah, the end has been coming every year for the past two thousand years, yet we're all still here. You can go off and preach that doomsday crap if you want to. Meanwhile, I'm going to be over here getting some sweet male action with my boyfriend, because even if we are going to hell, we'd much rather be there with people who accept us for who we are than in heaven with you intolerant fundamentalist nuts.

[SirWinstonChurchill]

Like good little religious faggots they will conform to the tyranny of the monogamy meme, get married and stick to just one corn hole for all their lives...

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And I thought my jokes were bad... Why not polygamy?

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ANSWER: Religious faggots will never admit that human evolution only happens with heterosexual relationships...

[DallasCowboyBrothers]

@MaryWaterton Why hasn't he destroyed canada? canada is one of the only countries in the world has fully recovered and wasent heavely effected by the worlds finacial failure. AND THEY ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE!!!!!! why is it that your a fucking dumn ass

[twistedknightmare]

@MaryWaterton Ohhh nooo!!! D= lol

[bigbadosker]

@MaryWaterton I love it when people type god in all caps for dramatic effect. I am onw a christain. Thank you.

[nilbud]

@spikebtvs Jesus loves anal for instance.

[nilbud]

Conservatives are fags, they yearn for the cock like ted haggard and jesus.

[lildread1]

@RikaKazak

republicans before the 1950s or something around that was the liberal party, the north used to be republican and the south used to be democrat.