Law and Order
May 28, 2009
Former Solicitor General Ted Olson comes out in favor of same-sex marriage, and files a federal lawsuit to have California’s Proposition 8 nullified on equal-protection grounds. Olson, like Dick Cheney before him, presumably figures it’s wiser for libertarian-minded conservatives to acknowledge their real feelings on this issue, rather than maintain the illusion that they agree with social conservatives. More from the New York Times.
