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The case from the plaintiffs: arguing against Prop. 8’s constitutionality

After several defeats at the polls and a few more in the courts, it might have been the best week that the same-sex marriage movement has had in California in quite some time. The plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality of the gay-marriage-banning Proposition 8, aggressively attacked the witnesses and logic of the Prop. 8 defense, namely that same-sex marriage undermines traditional marriages between men and women. The cross examination was highlighted by a tense exchange between plaintiff’s lawyer David Boies and the main witness for the defense about how, exactly, same-sex marriage threatened traditional marriage. We heard from the defense yesterday and today Patt talks with the plaintiffs as the Prop. 8 trial draws to a close.

Guest:

Theodore B. Olson, general counsel for the plaintiffs' team

Lt. Dan Choi, currently with the U.S. Army National Guard. Lt. Choi served in Iraq in the Army’s 10th Mountain Division in 2006 & ’07. He graduated from West Point with a degree in Arabic.