While we wait for the judge's decision in the trial to overturn Proposition 8 here in California, the two lawyers on the side of its repeal — Ted Olson and David Boies — are already taking victory laps. Here's Mr. Boies explaining that following depositions, most of the opposition witnesses were withdrawn…and the main witness against Gay Marriage wound up more or less flipping on the witness stand and admitting he couldn't defend its ban.
The verdict, assuming it's what everyone seems to be expecting, is not going to settle the matter. If anything, the battle will escalate and the whole thing seems likely to head for the Supreme Court at some future date. But as I watched Boies describe the trial, I found myself wishing it could have been televised because it might have changed some minds that are stubbornly set in concrete. And then just as I was thinking that, I heard him say much the same thing. Watch this. It's not long…
