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Do you feel like the political momentum and the legal momentum intersect, that we end up in a different place because of legal cases like we won today? >> absolutely. i think even if you look at our case, it was air combination of both the law and the courts winning the case, but remember when we filed our case, new york had not yet passed its statute to allow same sex couples get married. that law was passed while we filed our case. nine states permitted gay couples to marry, today 12 states pl...

Died as if thea and edye had been strangers to each other instead of a couple. then they heard they won the case. president obama called to say congratulations and edye got on the phone and said, hello, who am i talking to? oh, barack obama i want to thank you, i think your coming out for us made such a difference throughout the country. later they went down to the lgbt community center and took questions. >> were here, if thea were here, what would she be thinking right now? >> you did it, hone...

Right vehicle. why did you know to take it? >> i think theres so much about this case that tells a story about what was so long and im so glad to say this, what was so wrong with section three of doma. the idea that someone would have to pay a huge tax simply because they were gay, which is what the estate tax was here, every american understands what its like to pay a tax. this was a tax on being gay. edys age, the 44 years of their relationship together. the fact that she nursed thea through m...

Then they heard they won the case. president obama called to say congratulations and edye got on the phone and said, hello, who am i talking to? oh, barack obama i want to thank you, i think your coming out for us made such a difference throughout the country. later they went down to the lgbt community center and took questions. >> were here, if thea were here, what would she be thinking right now? >> you did it, honey. >> are you sure youd win when you were waiting for the rule something. >> no...

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