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Conservative circuits though. and what do you see going forward in the next year? >> well, the cases on the fastest track are the 4th and the 10th circuit and both pretty conservati conservative. you have a virginia case filed by ted olsen and ted boyes who filed the prop 8 case and cases in oklahoma and utah, and, you know, we will see. we will see how the circuits decide it, but as you said, not a single judge since the windsor decision striking down doma has read that decision to in any kind ...

Chris perry. >> and sandy, we thank you so much for your support. >> we are real proud of you guys and were so glad that in california and a growing number of states around your leadership so you guys should be very proud of today and your courage, you are helping out a whole lot of people everywhere. >> the man holding the phone in that clip is chad griffin. his efforts are part of a new book called "forcing the spring" by jo becker here with me in studio. also with us are the two women you saw...

Constitutional -- or constitutional protection for equal right to marriage. sandy and i had sat together many years and watched chuck cooper argue the other side of this case and wondered if his heart was really in it and didnt know what might be causing some of those, you know, i guess, a little bit of ambivalence in some way. what was really interesting at the end of the argument was he and i walked right into each other on the way out of the supreme court and he came over to me and grabbed my...

And, therefore, against allowing same-sex marriage in the state of california, ashley leineger. thank you all for being here. im very happy that you guys were all able to get here. jo, i need to start with you. the elephant in the room, the criticism that youve received about your book. let me read this quote from andrew sullivan, which i will just say right up front because ive written about it, i do not agree. is becker even aware of the history of the struggle at all? throughout the 1990s, ma...

76 northwestern university football players were eligible to cast a secret ballot in one of the more publicized union votes in recent history. and that vote was held early friday morning. we dont know the results yet and we wont be getting any exit polling. not only were reporters not allowed anywhere near the vote, literally kept a certain distance away from the campus building where the players voted, but as the "chicago tribune" reported, we may not know for months what the players ...

Inside the fight for marriage equality by joe becker. presents an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at all of the players involved in the 2013 fight to overturn proposition 8 in the supreme court. however, some pioneers of the gay rights movement have been critical of that movement. andrea sullivan wrote, for becker, the movement for marriage equality was a cause that for years had been largely languishing in obscurity. i dont know how to address that statement because it is so wrong, and so ...

>> the captain needs to be sentenced to death. he is not worth being fed in prison out of our tax dollars. why were there so many different opinions on this case? >> the chief justice primarily was responding to the comments by justice sotomayor. >> is this still what people do? >> no. this is actually very retro now. can we do one? >> lets do it. >> all right. >> there it is! thanks, dave. >> thank you. >> thank you. churches, schools, not necessarily the places you associate with...

Beyond where it expected to be on civil rights and by next tuesday he was included in meetings and the president, president kennedy went further than he thought he was going to go at the time. >> look, it was brazenly political what they did on how they handle gay marriage. they were worried about a floor fight at their own convention. i dont think the republican party 2016 willi be able to be for same-sex marriage but i bet by 2020. jo becker, good luck with the book. thanks for being here. hap...

Beyond where it expected to be on civil rights and by next tuesday he was included in meetings and the president, president kennedy went further than he thought he was going to go at the time. >> look, it was brazenly political what they did on how they handle gay marriage. they were worried about a floor fight at their own convention. i dont think the republican party 2016 willi be able to be for same-sex marriage but i bet by 2020. jo becker, good luck with the book. thanks for being here. hap...

New book, bidens statement created a little bit of chaos within the white house after he got ahead of president obama and endorsed gay marriage essentially here. the book is "forcing the springs: inside the fight for marriage equality" by jo becker who joins us here. its good to have you here. take us to the reaction in the white house. the white house said afterwards, no, no, the president was going to endorse gay marriage before the election anyway. >> sure. the president and his advisers ha h...