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Related: About this forumThe Lawyer Who Defended Prop 8 Is Now Planning His Daughter's Same-Sex Wedding
http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/04/the-lawyer-who-defended-prop-8-is-now-planning-his-daughters-same-sex-wedding/360836/About a year ago, attorney Charles Cooper argued for California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban before the Supreme Court. And now, the attorney is helping his own daughter plan her same-sex marriage.
Times change
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The Associated Press reported on Cooper's "evolving" views on same-sex marriage, as outlined in a new book about the legal fight over marriage equality in the U.S. Cooper's daughter will marry in Massachusetts this June. In a statement to the AP, Cooper said:
"My daughter Ashley's path in life has led her to happiness with a lovely young woman named Casey, and our family and Casey's family are looking forward to celebrating their marriage in just a few weeks."
He added that their family "is typical of families all across America." The plaintiffs in the Prop 8 case that ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision against the ban told the AP that they were "moved" by the Cooper family's "constant love and support of their own daughter," adding, "Some may find this contrast between public and private jarring, but in our opinion, loving an LGBT child unequivocally is the single most important thing any parent can do."
The Cooper family's story will be told in greater detail in Jo Becker's Forcing the Spring: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality, which comes out next week. Previews of the book have already produced a few headlines this week, however.
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The Lawyer Who Defended Prop 8 Is Now Planning His Daughter's Same-Sex Wedding (Original Post)
eridani
Apr 2014
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I wonder whether he recognizes his part in causing emotional pain for a lot of people.
Fridays Child
Apr 2014
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Fridays Child
(23,998 posts)1. I wonder whether he recognizes his part in causing emotional pain for a lot of people.
It seems to me that evidence of authentically evolved views would include an acknowledgment to that effect.
SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)2. I Doubt It
It's all about his daughter. If she were not gay, his "views" probably would not have evolved the way they have.
It's all sick and vile when it doesn't involve you or your family. Once it does, it suddenly becomes ok and a blessing.
People are hypocrites. He argued before the highest court to prevent his daughter from ever having this day. But she obviously harbors no ill will towards him.
And I don't care that he was just "doing his job."