Justice Roberts Will Have a Lesbian Relative Watching Him } Front Row

 Jean Podrasky told the Los Angeles Times that she will be sitting in a section reserved

 for Roberts’ guests as her cousin hears arguments on California’s gay marriage ban 

known as Proposition 8. The San Francisco resident wants to marry her partner of four years.

When Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts hears arguments on gay marriage this week,a familiar face with a personal stake in his decision will be watching from the audience: His Lesbian Cousin

 She will be sitting in a section reserved for Roberts’ 

guests at Tuesday’s Supreme Court hearing on California’s gay marriage ban known as Proposition 8.

Podrasky, 48, wants to marry her partner of four years, Grace Fasano. Fasano will also attend the arguments.

The San Francisco resident said she has no personal knowledge of Roberts’ position on the issue,

but is optimistic he will come down on the side of gay marriage advocates.

Chief Justice John Roberts’ lesbian cousin thinks he will come down on the side of gay marriage 

advocates. ‘He is a smart man,’ she said. ‘He is a good man. I believe he sees where the tide is going. 

I do trust him.’

“He is a smart man,” Podrasky told the newspaper. “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.”

It would not be the first time Roberts, who was appointed by former President Bush, has bucked conservative

 sentiment in a major ruling.

BY KRISTEN A. LEE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS