This D.C. lawyer argued against gay marriage, then planned his daughter’s gay wedding. Now, he’s set to host a Cruz fundraiser.
By Colby Itkowitz
On the same day the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about same-sex marriage, the D.C. lawyer who defended a ban on gay marriage before the highest court in 2013 was spotted as the host of a fundraiser for presidential aspirant Ted Cruz on Wednesday.
Seems like a good way for Cruz to restore his street cred with the Christian-conservative base after attending a fundraiser hosted by two gay New York businessmen on Monday.
Maybe, except Charles Cooper and his wife aren’t as ardent on the issue as one might expect.
Last June, they celebrated their daughter’s same sex wedding. The lawyer has said his views are evolving – a popular D.C. term that sounds softer than, “I changed my mind.”
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Cooper declined to talk to us about the Cruz party to be held at his downtown penthouse apartment in D.C.
Cruz’s New York hosts have pleaded ignorance over the depths of Cruz’s anti-gay marriage stance, and begged forgiveness from fellow gay activists.
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Cruz’s position is not evolving. He recently introduced legislation for a constitutional definition of marriage and another bill to bar federal courts from striking down state gay marriage bans.
He put out a statement Tuesday affirming his views: “This effort to redefine marriage by judicial fiat poses a serious threat to the religious liberty for those who embrace traditional marriage.”
Of course evolution is a slow process. And Cruz showed signs of softening when he told the New York crowd that – not unlike his host Wednesday – he’d “love them just as much” if one of his daughters was gay.
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