While talking Wednesday about his role in helping bring about the legalization of gay marriage, famed appellate litigator Ted Olson stressed that the fight against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is far from over.
Former U.S. Solicitor General and longtime Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Ted Olson spoke at the ABA office in Washington, D.C. to commemorate LGBTQ Pride Month and Loving Day–an annual celebration to mark the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark case of Loving v. Virginia, which struck down anti-miscegenation laws in the United States. Olson, accompanied by his wife, Lady Booth Olson, reminisced about his role in the high-profile challenge to Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban and speaking about current developments in LGBTQ rights, including Monday’s Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
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