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Their lives are not all satin and pearls. >> im an airman in the united states air force reserve. >> and im a police officer with the metropolitan police department here in d.c. >> which makes this couple a case study in how americas married but unequal approach to same-sex relationships can play out. >> as an airman, its -- you get a constant reminder that, you know, youre second class. >> jamelle is a federal employee but the federal defense of marriage act bars same-sex marriage by the federa...

Harm. >> in colorado last week the governor limited magazine to see 15 rounds. colorado is an interesting state. its the site of two of the deadliest school shootings in recent memories so very interesting case study to watch. >> governor rendell, you have to stick around. youre on the clock. coming up, the irs is under fire for use taxpayer dollars to create this. >> the starship enterprise wise is to seek out tax reforms and bold we go where no government employee has gone before. >> a "star...

Debate on wednesday. thousands of couples across the country affected by the supreme court decision and cnn joe johns spoke to one of those couples. joe? >> christi, the defensive marriage act has been the law of the land since 1996. though its title may sound harmless enough, gay and lesbian americans all over the country claim the law has caused enormous damage, claiming that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. jamel thomas and corinne williams were together four years before...

>> im a police officer with the metropolitan police department here in d.c. >> which makes this couple a case study in how americas married but unequal approach to same-sex relationships can play out. >> as an airman, you get a constant reminder that youre second class. >> jamelle is a federal employee but the federal defensive marriage act bar is recognition of same-sex marriage by the government which affects more than 1,000 federal benefits for spouses. everything from filing taxes and receiv...

Bans same-sex marriage. cnn justice correspondent joe johns is here with details. >> fred, the battle over same-sex marriage in california has been going on for years and coming up this week it finally arrives at the u.s. supreme court. we talk to one of the couples involved in the case who, win or lose, have already assured themselves a small place in history with their legal challenge. jamelle thomas and corraians williams had been together four years before they got married last october. thei...

Welcome back, we are live in rome. well have more on the conclave events in a moment. cnn is looking at what is preventing women from reaching the top jobs in their fields. sheryl suggests women themselves may be partly to blame for holding themselves back. its a controversial idea. she talks about barriers they face. she writes, when a man is successful, hes liked by men and women. when a woman is successful, people of both genders like he less. its why women hold themselves back. she sights an...

Sandberg suggests women themselves may be partly to blame for holding themselves back. its a controversial idea. she talks about barriers they face. she writes, when a man is successful, hes liked by men and women. when a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less. its why women hold themselves back. and to back up her claim, sandberg cites an experiment that was done a decade ago. they revealed a case study of a live entrepreneur. half the students read heidis story. the other re...

Face. she writes, when a man is successful, hes liked by men and women. when a woman is successful, people of both genders like he less. its why women hold themselves back. she sights an experiment done a decade ago. they revealed a case study of a live entrepreneur. half the students read hide di-s story, the other read it with her name changed to howard. >> the good news was the students, men and women thought heidi and howard were equally camp tent. the bad news is everyone liked howard. hes ...

As the president who signed the act into law, i have come to believe that doma is contrary to those principles and in fact incompatible with our constitution. joe johns joins us now from washington. joe, big news and its interesting the man who signed it into law is now saying it should be done away with. >> well, yes, but that was always the conflict. even back in the day, president clinton seemingly held conflicting views. he opposed discrimination, but didnt believe in gay marriage. this is r...

Urging people to engage. >> this is a courage and stamina and determination on the part of senator rand paul. he performed two very important services, first on the immediate question, he got the administration to admit that the president really doesnt have the authority to kill americans outside of combat in the united states. thats had a very important thing to put to rest and if theres any doubt about it left, congress should pass a law making it definitive. clearly as commander-in-chief the ...