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Ted Olson famed Supreme Court litigator and former Bush solicitor general 2008 Same-sex couples throughout California are rushing to get married as counties begin issuing marriage licenses after a State Supreme Court ruling
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Ted Olson, the conservative attorney who fought for marriage equality, is dead at 84

Olson took on marriage equality as a principle of conservatism, he said.

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Comedy

WATCH: Colbert Laments, 'Gay People Are Winning the War'

Fake conservative host Stephen Colbert conducts a hilarious and compelling interview with Republican lawyer Theodore Olson and Democratic lawyer David Boies, who joined forces to strike down California's Proposition 8.

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Politics

Anti-Prop. 8 Attorney Ted Olson Turns Down Chance to Join Trump's Legal Team

The conservative lawyer who won the case against Prop. 8 won't defend Trump in Russia investigation. 

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Briefs Filed to Keep Prop 8 Ruling

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World

Time 100 Lists NPH and Gaga

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Olson Wants Yes on 8 to Back Down

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Olson Shocks Conservatives with Prop 8 Case

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World

Prop 8 Trial Resumes Wednesday

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World

Gay Marriage Foes Challenge Trial Idea

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World

Olson and Boies Answer Judges Questions

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Marriage Equality

Attorneys Make Final Case in Prop 8 Trial

Judge Vaughn Walker did not rule from the bench, but is expected to issue his decision soon. 

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World

Larry Kramer Cast as Evan Wolfson in Blacks Play

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World

Anti Prop 8 Attorneys Outline Arguments

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Marriage Equality

A (Federal) Case for Marriage

As an all-star legal team mounts an ambitious federal challenge to California's Proposition 8, the future of national marriage equality weighs heavily on its shoulders.

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World

House Defense of DOMA Expected Today

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Marriage Equality

Prop. 8 Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Restore California Marriage Equality

The legal journey of Proposition 8 may be coming to a close, depending on if the case is accepted by the nation's highest court.

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Politics

75 Prominent Republicans: Marriage Is Constitutional Right

Dozens of prominent Republicans including Meg Whitman, Jon Huntsman, Christine Todd Whitman, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen support marriage equality.

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Arts & Entertainment

Of Rights and Responsibilities

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Marriage Equality

Breaking Prop 8 Overturned

Judge Vaughn Walker declared California's voter-approved ban on marriage equality unconstitutional in a forceful landmark ruling.

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World

Chad Griffin Named President of HRC

The Los Angeles-based political consultant whose central role in the Proposition 8 lawsuit turned him into a national LGBT rights figure has been named president of the Human Rights Campaign.