In 2008, voters in
California approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment
restricting marriage to a man and a woman. Proponents of the law argued
it was necessary to protect traditional marriage, while critics believed
it violated the civil rights of gay and lesbian people. The legal
battle to overturn Proposition 8 was waged by an unlikely pairing: David
Boies and Ted Olson, on opposite sides in the Bush v. Gore case, came
together in the fight for marriage equality. A behind-the-scenes look
at the legal struggle to overturn Proposition 8 and what that victory
has meant for same-sex marriage laws around the country.
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