Theodore Olson, was enlisted to represent same-sex couples in the challenge to Proposition 8. "We've exposed to daylight the paucity of arguments on the other side."

Andrew Pugno, counsel for Proposition 8, said all the plaintiffs did in the trial was "put on a spectacular show" that belongs in a political debate over same-sex marriage but is "irrelevant" to the legal issues.

There are still a few loose ends in the case before Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker decides the legality of Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved law that restored California's ban on the right of same-sex couples to marry. The two sides have a month to file legal briefs. Walker then plans to hold closing arguments, indicating Wednesday that he would "tee up some questions" for the lawyers by then.
