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Well the supreme court takes up same-sex marriage, its also decision time for republicans. paul ryan or rand paul? pick your poison, gop, its tuesday, march 26th and this is "now." im joy reed in for alex wagner, joining me today, senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities and msnbc contributor, jared bernstein and new york magazine and lee gallagher. the supreme court finished hearing arguments on the constitutionality of proposition 8, californias same-sex marriage ban. a de...

Or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. now lets turn back to towards arguments on proposition 8 and hear from someone directly involved in the proceedings. senior counsel to alliance defending freedom. he served as co-counsel for the legal team defending prop 8. austin, thanks for joining us. you were...

Would apply to states that only allow civil unions. would not affect marriage bans in other states and a narrow ruling would allow gay marriage in california. but the justices could also decide that sponsors of proposition 8 dont have the proper standing to represent california in the case that could potentially allow a lower court decision declaring prop 8 unconstitutional to remain in place. another issue thats always with us, for years been with us is immigration and president obamas pressing...

Woman. >> marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. >> i believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. >> marriage, itself, is a relationship between a man and a woman. >> it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. its a landmark day at the supreme court, as justices heard the first of two cases that determine the definition and meaning of marriage and the extension of equal rights for same-sex coupl...

Americans, i believe in the k equality. i also believe in our judicial system, and i have great faith in it. more than anything, i believe in love. proposition 8 is a discriminatory law that hurts people. it hurts gays and lesbians in california, and it hurts the children were raising, and it does so for no good reason. it is our hope that we can move forward and remove this harm from society so that gays and lesbians in california can go back to their lives living equally alongside their neighb...

Of that marriage. >> you know, it is interesting to hear laughter in the court but especially on this. even on "meet the press" this sunday, one of the guests talked about the issue of procreation. and being able to have children. and the issue was brought up, what if a couple is unable to conceive. are they not then married or eligible to be married? in this case, kagan brought up age. >> this was such a fascinating thing. strom thurmond who was in his 80s wasnt in congress when he was confirm....

Protection under the law came out of the court today sounding heartened by what they heard. >> remarkable thing that happened in there was that there was no attempt to defend the ban on gay and lesbian marriage. when we are now down simply to the question of how do you establish marriage equality, i think you can see how far weve come. >> while we wont get a decision from the high court until late june, did the questions asked by the justices provide a sense of which way they may ultimately deci...

Same-sex marriage has spiked 12 points in six years. shannon travis is at the supreme court for us this morning, and, shannon, today the justices actually examine the constitutionality of proposition 8. walk us through that. >> zoraida, with the arguments pro and concould be sub stacks and potentially even heated. on the pro side in terms of arguing proposition 8, californias ban on same-sex marriage, supporters of that basically saying this is a voter approved referendum. they approved this mea...

Describing where the party is. in that "washington post"/abc news poll that you showed, a majority of republicans are still against same-sex marriage. now, having said -- and senator portman is the only republican senator, sitting senator, who has come out in favor of same-sex marriage, sitting in the senate right now. that being said, a majority of republicans 18 to 45, 51% or 52%, favor marriage equality. you have more than 100 top republicans, not elected officials, but folks behind the scene...