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Looking for? will it be the so-called swing vote of justice kennedy? is it going to be argument made around 194th amendment? what are you -- the 14th amendment? what are you looking for? >> it's like a broken record, but in all of the high-profile cases we're watching justice anthony kennedy closely. that's going to be the case on tuesday. he's been the author of the last couple of major gay rights decisions. and we can say the former liberal justices will be on board to hold that states cannot ban same-sex marriage. so we're really going to be watching justice anthony kennedy. you know two ye...

White house in 2000. boyce for al gore, and olsen for george w. bush who would eventually become president in one of the closest elections in american history. it is an unlikely battle that brings these legal titans together. same-sex marriage. both attorneys spoke to cnn's gloria borger in an exclusive interview. >> i think we both came to the conclusion that we could probably be unbeatable if we were on the same side. but if we were on the opposite side, one of us would lose. >> that conclusion led them to challenge california's proposition 8, a law passed by voters banning same-sex marriage...

Gloria borger in an exclusive interview. >> i think we both came to the conclusion that we could probably be unbeatable if we were on the same side. but if we were on the opposite side, one of us would lose. >> that conclusion led them to challenge california's proposition 8, a law passed by voters banning same-sex marriage. a case olsen and boyce destroyeded. >> same-sex couples have every other right. it's just about the label. >> the label marriage means something. >> citing a technicality, the supreme court ruled in favor of olsen and boyce and cleared the aisle for long awaited wedding ce...

I thought that would be important for this court to have proposition 8 put in context, what it does. it walls off gay and lesbians from marriage. the most important relation in life according to this court. thus, stigmatizing a class of californians based upon their status and labeling their most cherished relationships as second rate, different, unequal and not okay. >> that is just a small part of the historic supreme court argument from ted olson against the ban on gay marriage and one year ago, prop 8 was out and same-sex marriages were again allowed to proceed in california. but olson was...

Run-off, right? thank you. we appreciate it. >> great to see you, peter. ahead, they started as adversaries on one of the biggest supreme court cases and later joined forces to fight for marriage equality and to defeat california's proposition 8. ted olson and david boyce share their unlikely story that led to the movement one year ago. >> this is a victory, not just for us, not just for the plaintiffs, not even just for the people worked for this so many decades. but for all americans. thank you. ♪ [ female announcer ] we love our smartphones. and now telcos using hp big data solutions