Give Gloria some credit

Regarding “Seeing Allred” [Feb. 9]: Gloria Allred accepted our marriage case when no LGBT legal organization would. Her firm did it pro bono. They were the first law firm to file in the case that brought marriage equality to California. Gavin Newsom’s same sex marriages in San Francisco were annulled, [and] the gay law firms and the ACLU filed for San Francisco couples one month after we filed.

It was Gloria who had the courage to file first. Tyler v. State of California was the first lawsuit filed four years after Massachusetts legalized same sex marriage. Her law firm also filed on our behalf to overturn Proposition 8. They have not received the credit they deserve.

Jay L. Clendenin Los Angeles Times ONE reader thanks Gloria Allred, seen at Sundance in the L.A. Times Studio at Chase Sapphire on Main.