Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts invites lesbian cousin to attend Tuesday’s Prop. 8 hearing

I’m just going to take this as a good omen.

The Los Angeles Times reports that among the invited guests of Chief Justice John Roberts at Tuesday’s Supreme Court hearing on Proposition 8 will be his lesbian cousin Jean Podrasky.

The San Francisco resident wants to marry her partner so she has a lot riding on whether or not a majority of the justices uphold an appellate court ruling declaring California’s ant-gay marriage ban unconstitutional.

She tells The Times: “I am so excited. I feel quite honored and overwhelmed.”

Roberts is Podrasky’s first cousin and his mother is her godmother. She says she hopes to introduce Roberts to her partner of four years, Grace Fasano.

“He is a smart man,” she says. “He is a good man. I believe he sees where the tide is going. I do trust him. I absolutely trust that he will go in a good direction.”