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
The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning – or thats when it was scheduled to take off. And thats when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred at the World Trade Center. – Ted Olson
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
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