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Many of you are probably already aware that in the wake of the California Supreme Court's ruling, two of the leading constitutional lawyers in the United States have filed a suit at the federal level to challenge the legal validity of Proposition 8. What's most noteworthy may well be that it is the duo of Ted Olsen and David Boies -- who represented Bush and Gore, respectively, before the Supreme Court in the 2000 presidential election debacle!

They are seeking an injunction, on behalf of two gay California couples, to stay the law while arguing it is a violation of the equal-protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Olson, who was the Solicitor General of the United States under George W. Bush, said at a press conference that the case "is not about liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. This case is about the equal rights guaranteed to every American under the United States Constitution."

This puts Olson ahead of Obama on this question. Obama has never publicly supported same-sex marriage.

And, without a doubt, this will push the case of same-sex marriage all the way to the Supreme Court.