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>> pardon? >> should that be done in this case? >> this case to allow states to ban contraception? no. states dont want to ban contraception. so why would we try to put it in the constitution? with regards to gay marriage, i told you thats when i would amend the constitution. contraception, its working joust fine. just leave it alone. >> i understand that, but youve given two answers to the question. do you believe that the supreme court should overturn it or not? do i believe the supreme court ...

That state. >> senator santorum. >> whats the question? >> the question -- the right to privacy and the response to congressman paul. >> well, congressman pauls talking about privacy under the fourth amendment which i agree with him. i dont necessarily agree that the patriot act violates that. obviously we have a right to privacy under that fourth amendment. thats not what the griswald decision nor the roe v. wade decision were about. they created through a number of rights a new right to privac...

World and we have a president now who unbelievably has decided to shrink the size of the military. who unbelievably has said for the first time since fdr were going to no longer have the capacity to fight two wars at a time. this president must be replaced. >> i want to bring in josh now. >> i want to stay on the topic of commander in chief. that puts you in charge of the most powerful forces in the world. only two of you on stage have served in the military. dr. paul and governor perry. there a...

And these are undeclared wars. so rick keeps saying you dont want this libertarian stuff. what im talking about, i dont bring up the word. you do. but i talk about the constitution. constitution has rules. and i dont like it when we send our kids off to fight these wars and when those individuals didnt go themselves and then come up and when they are asked they say, i dont think one person could have made a difference. i have a pet peeve that annoys me to a great deal because i see these young m...

They say, i dont think one person could have made a difference. i have a pet peeve that annoys me to a great deal because i see these young men coming back, my heart weeps for them. >> speaker gingrich? >> well, dr. paul has a long history of saying things that are inaccurate and false. the fact is i never asked for deferment. i was married with a child. it was never a question. my father was, in fact, serving in vietnam in the mekong delta at the time hes referring to. i think i have a pretty g...

>> i understand that, but youve given two answers to the question. do you believe that the supreme court should overturn it or not? do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes, i do. >> he mentioned my name. >> go ahead. >> i didnt know whether i got time when it was favorable or not. but thank you. no, i think the fourth amendment is very clear. its explicit in our privacy. you cant go into anybodys house and look at what they have or their papers or any private things witho...

Right to ban contraception. i should add that he said hes not recommending that states do that -- >> i want to be clear. >> absolutely. giving you your due -- >> tenth amendment -- >> i want to get to that core question. governor romney, do you believe that states have the right to ban contraception or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy? >> george, this is an unusual topic that youre raising. states have a right to ban contraception? i cant imagine a state banning contraception...

That we will face going forward with what is, we all know, the most complex and challenging relationship of the 21st century. that of china. >> governor romney? >> you have a question or shall i just -- >> my question is the governor has just said he can speak better than anyone else -- >> he can do a lot better than barack obama. lets put it that way. we have a president who had no experience in leadership. he never led a business. never led a city. never led a state. and as a result, he learne...

Federal issue. >> let me ask you to follow up on that if you dont mind, senator. with those 1,800 -- we have a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, what happens to the 1,800 families who have married here? are their marriages basically illegitimate at this point? >> if with have -- if the constitution says marriage is between a man and woman, then marriage is between a man and a woman and, therefore, thats what marriage is and would be in this country. and those who are no...

Foundational institution of our country and we have to have a singular law with respect to that. we cant have somebody married in one state and not married in another. once we -- if we were successful in establishing that, then this issue becomes moot. if we dont have a federal law, im certainly not going to have a federal law that bans adoption for gay couples when there are only gay couples in certain states. so this is a state issue, not a federal issue. >> let me ask you to follow up on that...