Chief justice's lesbian cousin will attend landmark gay-marriage argument
A lesbian cousin of Chief Justice John Roberts will attend the landmark Supreme Court arguments on gay marriage and says she is confident he will see that gays deserve dignity, respect, and equality under the law.
Podrasky told the Los Angeles Times that she will sit in a section of the courtroom reserved for relatives and guests of the chief justice. She said that her partner of four years, Grace Fasano, whom she wants to marry, will attend with her.
Podrasky, an accountant who the Times said is a first cousin of the chief justice on his mothers side, wrote about Roberts in a column Monday for the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
I feel confident that John is wise enough to see that society is becoming more accepting of the humanity of same-sex couples and the simple truth that we deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality under the law, she wrote.
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