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>> thats the head olson, the conservative legal icon. that stunned you, right? >> yes, more than stunned me. it stunned me, but i said if this is true, this is the home run of all times. i mean, the idea that ted olson, this arch conservative, the solicitor general for george bush who argued bush v. gore and basically put me in bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v. gore, was interested in gay rights. i thought, lets check it out. >> didnt you have doubts about ted olson? >> t...

>> yes, more than stunned me. it stunned me, but i said if this is true, this is the home run of all times. i mean, the idea that ted olson, this arch conservative, the solicitor general for george bush who argued bush v. gore and basically put me in bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v. gore, was interested in gay rights. i thought, lets check it out. >> didnt you have doubts about ted olson? >> they say politics makes strange bedfellows. you dont have a stranger bedfellow t...

Licking wounds and a friend of my wifes came by the table and she says i think you would be very interested to find out that you might find an ally in ted olson on your issue. >> thats the ted olson, the sun conservative legal icon. >> that stunned you, right? >> yes, more than stunned me. it stunned me, but i said if this is true, this is the home run of all times. i mean the idea that ted olson, this arch conservative, the solicitor general for george bush who argued bush v gore and put me in ...

>> california has made it very clear. >> were sitting there, you know, kind of licking the wounds and saying what do we do now? and serendipitously a friend of my wifes came by the table, and she says, i think you would be very interested to find out that you might find an ally in ted olson on your issue. >> reporter: thats the ted olson, the conservative legal icon. that stunned you, right? >> yes. more than stunned me. it stunned me, but i said, if this is true, this is the home run of all tim...

that prompts a change in perspective. not wanting to somehow explain to your child why somebody should be treated differently when it comes to the eyes of the law. youve got joe biden, arnie duncan coming out for gay marriage. did all of this force the presidents hand. >> its sort of sped up the timeline, but they insist that the president had already made up his mind on this issue a couple of months ago, after as you pointed out, in that sound bite we just heard talking to family memb...

>> what do we want! >> reporter: but gays and lesbians lost the right to marry in california. >> we were trying to figure out what to do next. and then we thought about the idea of a possible legal challenge to proposition 8. and serendipitously, a friend of my wifes came by the table. >> reporter: the friend suggested they would find an ally in her former brother-in-law, who turned out to be ted olson, a towering figure in the conservative legal movement. so that stub stunned you, right? >> yes...

This is true, this is the home run of all times. i mean, the idea that ted olson, this arch conservative, the solicitor general for george bush who had argued bush v gore and basically put me in bed for a couple of days, i was so depressed, was interested in gay rights. i thought lets check it out. >> didnt you have any doubts about ted olson? >> you know, they say politics makes strange bed fellows. you dont have a stranger bed fellow than me and ted olson. >> chad griffin was also at the polo ...