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Before the u.s. supreme court, but in the meantime we think the chances of people moving forward and having full marriage equality starting next wednesday are very good, and thats wonderful news for all of us here in california. >> reporter: california house speaker john perez, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> reporter: want to bring in somebody from the other side here. this is victor. victor, tell me your last night one more time. >> luke ottersdad. you can see here, wolf, he hays thi...

What we knew all along, proposition 8 is unconstitutional. its not going to stand in the long run. we know that. its disappointing the poor people are standing in there waiting for the right to do something simple, marry the person they love. once again they cant do it today. >> as i mentioned, some breaking news. another win for gay and lesbian advocates in california. he just ruled same sex marriages can resume starting next wednesday. last week the judge made the decision to overturn prop ç...

Marriage include couples who save they have been waiting for years to legally tie the knot and missed the window of opportunity when they could do so back in the spring and summer of 2008 before california voters passed proposition 8. so we have been waiting again for several hours for the judge to rule on whether he will clear the way for these gay couples to get married. many showed up hoping to get a marriage license antithe knot later today. a number of legal experts say even if the stay is ...

The news comes as ed whitacre steps down as gm ceo. and mortgage rates took another dive to record lows this week following the feds move to buy up government debt. freddie mac says the average for a 30-year fixed loan was down to a record 4.4% this week. thats it from cnbc, first in business world wise. heres a look at your top stories this thursday. a federal judge in california set to rule any moment now on whether gay marriage can resume immediately in california. his decision comes afte...

Their civil rights violated even more, and they even suggested that even if this ruling is overturned by a higher court that these marriages that take place will be sanctioned much the same way as we saw that 18,000 same-sex couples who tied the knot while it was legal to do so in the spring and summer of 2008, those marriages were upheld by the states supreme court before voters passed proposition 8 and attorney general jerry brown believes the same thing would happen again. obviously, proponen...

Court. but what the judge said here to prop 8, youre not the state. the governor and the attorney general say they want the marriages to go ahead. so the folks who want the stay have not shown the legal reasons -- so theyre going to lift it august 18 at 5:00 p.m. he says at that time the state is enjoined by him from enforcing proposition 8. >> so the next big test i guess will be likely the ninth circuit of appeals, tell us about that. >> so what will happen now is, im predicting this, i think ...

Appeals court decide whether it was the judge was right that its unconstitutional. so it will be up to the appeals court to decide. and as i said earlier, theres some question about whether the proponents of proposition 8 will be given the legal authority to even do that, whether they will have as the lawyers call it legal standing to even raise this challenge. it was one thing to let them duke it out in the trial court. but theres sort of a different standard, a different legal standard for app...

Theyre saying that theyre excited that the process is moving forward, theyre just waiting to see what the other side of this discussion is going to do in the meantime. lets go back to chris. what does the ruling say? >> what the judge says is that any stay that if he were to keep it into effect would only serve to delay the plaintiffs, the people who were challenging the law access to the remedy that they have shown they were entitled to. i look at what harm the proposition 8 proponents would su...

Ban in california is unconstitutional. ted olson argued and won the case which surprised a lot of people because he is a leading conservative lawyer who was solicitor general under george w. bush. he joins us from wisconsin. mr. olson, lets start with the issue of judicial activism. 7 million californians voted for proposition 8. 7 million people voted to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. now, a single judge overrules all of them? >> well, that is why we have judges. that is...

They are actually going to be responsive to the voters. with you i think frankly it gives the voters a much bigger impetus come november to elect folks that will listen to them. >> chris: juan? >> i love george w. bush. he said he was the decider when was president so i guess president obama can be the decider now that he is the president. >> i dont think george w. bush ever said he got to decide who had the keys to the car. >> the missouri vote, 70% inside a and e echo chamber of older white pe...