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Be legal and marriage should only be between a man and a woman, because, in their view, marriage is about procreation. that was the argument of prop 8 supporters before the court. the petitioners responding said, no, proposition 8 violates their equal protection clauses under the constitution, that a woman and a woman, or a man and a man, should have every right to get married. as gloria noted earlier, as we await the decision, again, a big question. the court could issue a sweeping ruling that ...

Case. tell us what your reaction is when you heard that decision. >> i completely disagree with your characterization. our objection was to defend proposition 8 and its the law of land in the state of california. the supreme court said we didnt have standing to defend proposition 8. prop 8 is the law of california and remains so as of right now. >> wont be people of the same sex be able to get married starting maybe within a month in california. >> it makes it clear that marriage is only one man...

Say in the matter. theyre leaving this to the states, essentially. in the opinion authored by justice kennedy, a 5-4 opinion, he says the statutes invalid for no legitimate purpose overcomes the effect to disparage and injure -- he wraps it by treating those people as less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the fifth amendment. essentially, jon, doma is unconstitutional. jon: but its also important here to note what the court didnt do today, right? >> reporter: well, i...

But for every american and every person across the globe. this will have ripple effects in countries we dont even realize have lgbt concerns. >> reporter: were moments away from the proposition 8 ruling. what is your sincerest hope for that? >> well, that either theyll rule it unconstitutional or at the very least they will honor the lower court ruling and decide not to hear the case. which i think is more probable, but well see. >> reporter: phil, thank you very much for joining us. a real sens...

Same-sex couples from the same benefits that straight couples get. >> the court weighing in on californias proposition 8. the justices said prop 8 supporters have no legal standing to defend the law. that ruling clears the way for same-sex marmgs to resume in california. >> joining us from the steps of supreme court is john easton. clearly this was not a winning day for you or your team. what do you make of the decisions from the supreme court? where do you go next? >> we think the court got it ...

>> shes obviously pretty smart little girl over there. both of you should be very proud of her. congratulations on your upcoming -- is there date already? >> no. >> weve got a lot of questions about when were doing this. takes a while to plan a wedding. >> were like everybody else and get to have all that stress and those discussions and about arguments about when and where. >> i assume you have a little flower girl. >> shes been waiting for that for years now. >> thank you for joining us and yo...

Brings us that much closer to true equality. in the decision striking as unconstitutional the so-called doma or defense of marriage case, the united states supreme court held that there was no purpose for depriving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry the person they love. there was no legitimate justification for that. as justice scalia noted, that holding, that principle guarantees the right of every individual in every state to marriage equality. in the california case the supreme court...

Thats a real injury and a real stake in the case to come forward and say they want to reinstate proposition 8. thats probably what will happen in california. havent seen that yet. >> its law school 101. civil procedures. the individual who takes a court to federal case says ive lost something. something has happened to me. ive been injured in some way and therefore i want to sue. what the court is saying is that the individuals who are trying to prop up or protect the proposition 8 did not have ...

Supreme court. decisions that will affect millions and millions of americans. the court struck down key parts of the defense of marriage act. the justices dismissed an appeal over californias proposition 8. that means that same-sex marriage will be legal in the largest state in the united states. theres strong reaction to the rulings from both sides. take a listen to this. >> this is about equality and this means the marriages of people in my state and all over america between same-sex couples w...

Right parties to do that and the government officials are refusing to do so, what the lowest court had done was strike down prop 8, meaning that its no good, it cant amend the state constitution to say that marriage is only one man and one woman. as we continue to read through this the first impression is prop 8 is probably gone in california. these parties did not have standing to appeal the decision. well keep reading that is the first blurb it probably means bad news for proposition 8. bill: ...