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With others and say try this, we did this and it worked, try this, dont do this, it didnt work that well. other things we ought to say to people, do what we did, well help you if we can, and remember, we are among you. its not like the gay people are over here, the black people over here. black people are gay people, too. >> i read something that congressman john lewis, obviously pioneer in the civil rights struggle, wrote ten years ago, an op-ed in the boston globe. he wrote this discrimination...

And secondly, lets face it, do we really want to have everybody on a cell phone on an airplane as were flying along? maybe this should be the last place where people arent talking on the phone. >> senator mccaskill, who is pushing for this change, she points out that pilots are using ipads in the cockpit, the flight attendants even have been given them. thats something i think a lot of people maybe didnt realize. >> this is when the house of cards started tumbling for the faa when it was announc...

Draw any conclusions about what people say, what they ask in the questions, what the justices say. so im not ready to say things are going to come out the way i want them to, but i think we all know that were not going back to what we had before. at the very least, this court is going to say that proposition 8 is unconstitutional and the other states with same sex marriage can continue on with that. so at the very least, i think thats been won today. >> there are many people who still dont view ...

Congressman john lewis, obviously pioneer in the civil rights struggle, wrote ten years ago, an op-ed in the boston globe. he wrote this discrimination is wrong, we cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian americans. i have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. ive heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same sex couples. cut through the distractions and they stink of the s...

But what happened in this case, the prosecution argued various points, and we dont know which ones until that supreme court ruling comes out, theyre going to rely on. once that happens, then the issues will be joined which brings us to the next misunderstood point. for this type of proceeding, there is no requirement for amanda to be present, and in fact, of the issues raised by the prosecution, its wholly unnecessary for her to be there. >> as an attorney for amanda knox, what do you tell your ...

The late 60s, in many parts of the country, the public seemed to have already kind of embraced that change. justice ginsburg noted that when the court outlawed bans on abortion with roe v wade she thought the justices had gone too far ahead of the public, that the court acted too soon. which situation do you believe were closer to now? >> i think were closer to the one about interracial marriage, that most americans have come to believe that same sex marriage is a right every american ought to h...

Black people are gay people, too. >> i read something that congressman john lewis, obviously pioneer in the civil rights struggle, wrote ten years ago, an op-ed in the boston globe. he wrote this discrimination is wrong, we cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian americans. i have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. ive heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same sex co...

Few weeks, we were convinced because of the behavior of the two people and especially amanda that they were both involved in the crime. >> reporter: but almost immediately after the arrests, the prosecutor had a problem. the third suspect had an airtight alibi. he was in his crowded bar that night. he could not have been involved. then the actual forensic tests came back. >> when i looked at it, i was horrified. >> reporter: greg is a forensic biologist and director of idahos innocence project. ...

Our songs, but this is not something we own. its something we ought to share with others and say try this, we did this and it worked, try this, dont do this, it didnt work that well. other things we ought to say to people, do what we did, well help you if we can, and remember, we are among you. its not like the gay people are over here, the black people over here. black people are gay people, too. >> i read something that congressman john lewis, obviously pioneer in the civil rights struggle, wr...

At the very least, this court is going to say that proposition 8 is unconstitutional and the other states with same sex marriage can continue on with that. so at the very least, i think thats been won today. >> there are many people who still dont view this as part of the civil rights struggle or as part of a civil rights issue, so then what do you say? >> i say youre sadly mistaken. i understand particularly if youre black and you like to think of the civil rights as something black people do, ...