Christopher (Jeff Perry), the prolix patriarch, is a disheveled poltergeist of fulmination and cogitation.

NEWYORKER: Minority Reports

The Supreme Court hearing is the moment Perry and Stier, along with Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo of Burbank, have been waiting for since they agreed four years ago to be the named plaintiffs and public faces of a well-funded, high-profile effort to challenge Proposition 8 in the courts.

NPR: AP Interview: Couple Reflects On Gay Marriage

The California couples, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier of Berkeley and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo of Burbank, filed their federal lawsuit in May 2009 to overturn the same-sex marriage ban that voters approved the previous November.

NPR: Calif. Gay Marriage Argument At High Court Tuesday