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>> that's 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, let's check it out. >> didn't you have doubts about ted olson? >> they say politics makes strange bedfellows. you don't have a stranger bedfellow than me and ted ol...

>> 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, let's check it out. >> didn't you have doubts about ted olson? >> they say politics makes strange bedfellows. you don't have a stranger bedfellow than me and ted olson. >> i was skeptical, absolutely. >> gay rights activist, chad griffin, was a...

Licking wounds and a friend of my wife's 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. >> that's 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 bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v gore was interested and in gay rights, i ...

>> california has made it very clear. >> we're sitting there, you know, kind of licking the wounds and saying what do we do now? and serendipitously a friend of my wife's 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: that's 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 times. i mean, the idea that ted olson, this arch conservative, the solicitor general for george bus...

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. you've got joe biden, arnie duncan coming out for gay marriage. did all of this force the president's hand. >> it's 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 members and friends and that the president was planning on going public with this at some point befor...