the lead plaintiff in a landmark same-sex marriage case joins me tonight. he with begin tonight with a theme that, by now, may be familiar to viewers of this show. repeal the 20th century. the notion that, for many on the far right, the good ole days start with 17 and 18, as in hundreds. the era where men were men and is womener property. and the 20th century, the american century, was literally the ruin of this country as a christian nation the onset of workers rights and social safety net and income taxes and voting rights for women and black people and liberalized immigration and acceptance of lgbtq people and dangerous cultural things, like jazz, hip-hop, you know, rock and roll. and legalized contraception and apportion. believe it or not, there are people and el with-funded groups in this country who have dedicated their lives to repealing it all. but right now, i hate to say it, they are kind of winning. conservative organizations like the heritage foundation had in
as citizens of this country. we hold truths to be self-evident. we said that in our declaration of independence that all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. what other people would have thought of that last right, the pursuit of happiness? people didn t fight and die for independence over tax policy. they did it to be free. carry on lives in freedom, real freedom. the 14th amendment to the constitution adopted in the aftermath of the civil war said no state should deprive any person of life, liberty or property without cue process of law nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. that liberty clause is a powerful part of our constitution as is the 14th amendment itself. how the supreme court understands it is the looming question. should it some day consider proposition 8, the california initialive that bans same-sex marriage. two men fighting prop 8, ted