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I mean the campaign to pass proposition 8 relied on stereotypes to show that same-sex relationships are inferior to opposite-sex relationships. the stereotypes are not based in fact. he makes claims about the health of children in gay families. its a bold, bold ruling. in terms of the federal and national implications for this, dolly, obviously this is narrowly about proposition 8 in california. this was a federal court ruling. does this have implications for other states? >> well, not immediate...

Over the judge staying his order. today, in other words, judge walker almost immediately stayed his order. and hes going to let the parties decide. i think the papers are due actually -- its definitely expedited. but i think by friday they have to get the filings in. and then hes going to make a decision, im hearing, on tuesday about whether or not this is going to be stayed pending an appeal. so we have already a fight over a stay. and then over and above that, as you say, theres going to be an...

Gay rights supporters in that state and possibly around the country. but judge walker, whos a george h.w. bush appointee, judge walker not only struck down californias gay marriage ban as unconstitutional, he also probably set the stage for what will be the next big court fight and the next big political fight. the anti-gay marriage side that was defeated in this case is already filed paperwork expressing intention to appeal the decision. he should expect to hear lots of excerpts from judge walk...

Airport coming home from a european vacation with a really cute blond boy who he tried to explain away as his luggage handler? that guy turns up in the most amazing way in this court ruling today from california. not the rent boy, the anti-gay guy who hired the rent boy for his baggage. he turns up in a ruling. you sort of wont believe how. thats next. on your next business trip, pack your marriott rewards visa card. get triple points every time you use your card at marriott.

You try those things against the constitution, and the constitution restrict the things that americans can make laws about, so those laws dont infringe on our constitutionally protected rights. thats sort of the big idea in this country. thats sort of the big idea that is this country. america, come for the religious liberty. stay for the rock-ribbed constitutional guarantees of all your other rights. today for the first time in our nations history, a federal court put the issue of a state ban o...

One amazing thing about the gay marriage ban overturned in california today was something i had known about the trial while it was happening. but i didnt really appreciate the importance of it until i read the ruling that came out this afternoon. the anti-gay marriage people, the people defending the gay marriage ban in court, only called two experts in their whole case. they only called two witnesses. the first one was this guy, david blankenhorn. he is president of the institute for american v...

In the california constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. the court concludes that proposition 8 is unconstitutional, and with that californias gay marriage ban went kaput. a huge victory, of course, for gay rights supporters in that state and possibly around the country. but judge walker, who is a george h.w. bush appointee, george walker struck down californias gay marriage ban as unconstitutional, he also probably set the stage for what will be the ...

Luck as this continues forward. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, rachel. wow, okay. do you remember, um, the really creepy anti-gay researcher who said that people could be cured of the gay, except then he turned up in an airport coming home from a european vacation with a really cute blond rent boy who he tried to explain away as his luggage handler? remember that story? well, that guy turns up in the most amazing way in this court ruling today from california. not the rent boy, the anti...

Issues, the pros and cons from every conceivable standpoint and came out on the side of the gay and lesbian couples that we represented in every respect. were very, very grateful. >> mr. boies, looking ahead to next steps here, obviously the opposition in this case already filed paperwork indicating that they would like to appeal. do -- candidly, do you think there are any elements of this ruling that may be difficult to defend on appeal? judge walker writing a very forceful statement of his vie...

Homosexuality, the george reekers thing, as the source of information about homosexuality because he, quote, believes in what they say. mr. tam identified the internet as the source of information connecting same-sex marriage to polygamy and incest. protect marriage, the proposition 8 campaign, relied on mr. tam and through mr. tam used the website 1man1woman.net as part of the protect marriage campaign. so thats directly -- thats directly from the ruling. so in other words dude learned from the...