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You shouldnt discriminate against gay people because theyre gay, or it may happen on a states rights grounds. there was reference to states rights, to federalism. that was referenced in the ruling, it seems like it wasnt the main thrust of the ruling, is that right? >> i agree. this committee did what we have to do, and one of the things that we said that was so pernicious about doma, and showed what was really at stake, it was a statute about denigrating gay people, it was the first time ever, ...

Washington, that immigration judge in new york was not allowed to consider steven to be a married man. his marriage was invisible to the court. and so steven was going to be deported until gabe the intern arrived with this in hand and stevens marriage with the delivery of this ruling became legally visible and his deportation was stopped. the doma project was helping steven and sean fight their case. thats the place where gabe interns, sean and stevens case is not at all over, its not won and se...

A married man. his marriage was invisible to the court. and so steven was going to be deported until gabe the intern arrived with this in hand and stevens marriage with the delivery of this ruling became legally visible and his deportation was stopped. the doma project was helping steven and sean fight their case. thats the place where gabe interns, sean and stevens case is not at all over, its not won and settled, the proceedings to deport steven stopped today at 10:30 a.m. want to see gabe the...

Government. the other shoe will drop later, maybe next term. do you think hes right? he was right ten years ago today. he was right the last time. if todays rulings mean not just that marriage equality will be true again in california, and that 100 million americans will live in states that afford not just skim milk second class marriages but full class marriages even if youre gay, if it doesnt mean just that, but it also means beyond even those things, by the way, this also paves the way for al...

Federal and prop 8 which deals with california. >> california. >> the president is right now speaking about a federal statute, and as you noted in the inaugural address, he was standing just a few fee weight from the nine members of the supreme court when he said essentially no law that descriminates against day gay and lesbian approximate people in marriage can pass constitutional must are. this is the president of the united states. its the department of justice. this is a persuasive on the me...

Justice brian gave a tongue lasher to the prosecutor. they said, quote, it is deeply disturbing to see a representative of the u.s. resort to this base tactic more than a decade into the 21st century. >> justice correspondent pete williams. thanks so much. two other big civil rights cases looming before the high court involving marriage equality. specifically the defense of marriage act and californias proposition 8. as the justices get set to hear those cases in march, the president took step...

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