“The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.”
— Ted Olson
Author: Ted Olson
Category: marriage
Tags: marriage, Ted Olson
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The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly
“The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution.”
— Ted Olson
Author: Ted Olson
Category: marriage
Tags: marriage, Ted Olson
You have to take strength from the
“You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.”
— Ted Olson
Author: Ted Olson
Category: sympathy
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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive,
“Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?”
— Ted Olson
Author: Ted Olson
Category: marriage
Tags: marriage, Ted Olson
You have to take strength from the
“You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.”
— Ted Olson
Author: Ted Olson
Category: strength
Tags: strength, Ted Olson