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About it, gay rights, marriage equality, these are civil rights issues of our generation. the supreme court will decide on doma and proposition 8 and anderson -- sorry, alan and the bored of exodus thought what side do we want to be on? >> its interesting in one statement he said he feels their world view -- world view has not been fair to our fellow human beings to quote him and also has not been biblical, that it sounds like he wants some sort of an organization that is more welcoming, whateve...

Marriage. we could talk about this for an hour. the defense of marriage act, the case on that and also on proposition 8 out of california. these deal with two separate issues, both very important, and depending on how its decided could create a lot of confusion for everyone in this country. what do you think is the most likely outcome in these two cases? >> boy, you know, i think its very hard to predict, in part because there are so many moving parts in these cases. they could do so many differ...

Court. same-sex marriage. 12 states and district of columbia recognize same-sex marriage. if doma is upheld by the supreme court, all those legal marriages in all those states will continue to get a giant go to hell from the federal government denying scores of legal benefits to the couples. the court will decide the constitutionality of californias proposition 8 in sch voters of that state decided to take away marriage equality from their fellow californians who had been granted that right by t...

If doma is upheld by the supreme court, all those legal marriages in all those states will continue to get a giant go to hell from the federal government denying scores of legal benefits to the couples. the court will decide the constitutionality of californias proposition 8 in which voters of that 8 decided by referendum to take away marriage equality from fellow californians who had been granted that right by the state court. the roberts court still has all of these cases. my hunch is if you a...

Tomorrow. thank you very much, michael. in a few hours, the george zimmerman trial will focus once again now on the battle over who is heard screaming for help in the background of a 911 tape from the night trayvon martin was killed. well get the latest on why this is back as a focus in this hearing. plus the supreme court strikes down arizonas controversial law, requiring voters to show proof of citizenship to vote. but still no decision on major cases like proposition 8, doma, affirmative ac...

Cannot be patented. the case got a lot of attention because angelina jolie announced that she underwent a preventative mastectomy after finding out she carried that particular gene. mike saks, of the huffington post, a good friend of the weekend show. what does that mean going forward? >> if a company finds a naturally occurring human gene, brca one, brca 2, you just find it, isolate it? its not good enough. you must find a meth to extract it that can be patented. but naturally occurring, you ca...

Refuses to defend proposition 8. that wave of national attitude that youve been describing applies to the elected officials as well. that might, ironically, give the supreme court a way of kicking that critical, fundamental question down the road while still advancing the ball through the doma case. >> im going to be a bit of a heretic and talk about the justices as political people for a second. i know they dont like to be talked about that way. i do tend to think of, especially the younger mor...

Just as you describe puts it back into the national conversation. first and foremost, i think doma is going to be struck down. either an this theory that it violates the rights of same-sex couples or violates the states rights, if the state wants to recognize same-sex marriage, i think justice kennedy is sympathetic to the idea that congress cant overturn that judgment. proposition 8 it asks this very conservative supreme court, most conservative supreme court ever a lot to recognize a right to ...

Same sex marriages. but in the california proposition 8 case, the justices seem unlikely to require under the constitution every state to recognize same-sex marriage. the ruling may not be a huge gay rights victory at all, but i doubt it will be a significant loss either. >> reporter: another case involves the kind of genetic testing that led angelina joe lie to undergo a double mastectomy. the court is considering whether human genes can be patented. athena jones, cnn, washington. want to tal...

Overturn or limit a major supreme court decision from ten years ago that allowed affirmative action. the justices are also dealing with another hot-button issue, same-sex marriage. >> a marriage is between one man and one woman. you guys wont accept it. >> reporter: considering whether californias proposition 8 ban is constitutional. and in a second case, if the defense of marriage act can deny same-sex couples the same federal benefits as heterosexual ones. >> i think its going to be good. >> r...