I love my life. A few weeks ago I was approached by the American Foundation for Equal Rights to do an audio interview with Dustin Lance Black to talk about his new play 8, based on the transcripts from the California trial of Proposition 8. Last week AFER asked if I would like to be included in a press conference call scheduled two hours after the Prop 8 decision with lead co-counsel Ted Olson and David Boies. Of course I jumped at the opportunity. I nervously awaited the decision. Then at 10 a.m. PST the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in Perry v. Brown upholding the historic August 2010 decision of the Federal District Court that found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. 'Proposition 8 serves no purpose and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples,' Judge Reinhardt wrote. 'The Constitution simply does not allow for laws of this sort.' This historic audio recording is with members of the press, AFER Board President Chad Griffin, and lead co-counsel Ted Olson and David Boies. In his opening remarks about this enormous victory for our LGBT community, Ted Olson stated:LISTEN:
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Posted: 2/14/2012