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Ted Olson On New Media And Passing Gay Marriage (ORIGINAL VIDEO)

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 11/01/10 04:46 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:10 PM ET

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Ted Olson talked about the importance of new media and legalizing gay marriage at HuffPost's 2010 Game Changers celebration in Soho on Thursday night.

Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the 2000 Supreme Court case that decided the presidential election, partnered up with David Boies to bring gay marriage to the Supreme Court, even though they were on opposite sides in 2000, with Boies representing Gore.

Olson was voted a Game Changer in politics by Huffington Post readers for 2010.

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Ted Olson talked about the importance of new media and legalizing gay marriage at HuffPost's 2010 Game Changers celebration in Soho on Thursday night. Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the 20...
Ted Olson talked about the importance of new media and legalizing gay marriage at HuffPost's 2010 Game Changers celebration in Soho on Thursday night. Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the 20...
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Ioan Lightoller
Proud Gay Pagan Man, Living Happily With Husband
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01:48 PM on 11/02/2010
Unlike Obama, he is trying to do something for GLBT equality. My hopes and prayers are with him.
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Luke Friesen
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07:28 PM on 11/01/2010
Ted Olson is a great man, and hopefully he will succeed.
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