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Justice without respect to persons. >> and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. >> and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. >> and that i will faithfully and impartially. >> and that i will faithfully and impartially. >> discharge and perform. >> discharge and perform. >> all the duties incumbent upon me. >> all the duties incumbent upon me. >> as associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. >> as associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. >> under...

That have nothing against you but be good people and just dont see it the way you see it? >> i mean, yeah. everyone is different. but thats essentially what were trying to teach people, theyve ones different and you dont have to impose your beliefs on someone else. essentially what came with proposition 8 was a ban imposing someone elses beliefs on to someone else. were just trying to educate people that everyone is different. >> its okay for people to have different views an different opinions ...

The court battle over californias same-sex marriage law getting a little more complicated by the day. >> a federal judge struck down the law calling it unconstitutional and then granted a temporary stay. governor arnold schwarzenegger and the attorney general in california want the judge to allow same-sex couples to marry while his ruling is -- while that ruling is being appealed. most expect this whole thing to wind up before the u.s. supreme court. california voters banned same-sex marriages w...

And that is separate-equal. we know from various rulings separate is not equal. we also know the 14th amendments of the constitution guarantee the equal protection under the law. proposition 8, frankly, denies, tries to say, separate is equal, and it denies equal protection under the law. i think thats where a lot of people sort of, again, regardless how you may feel about gay marriage, i think theres a lot of people who are very uncomfortable with the idea of using the constitution to take away...

Through that your no-hate campaign. i think we have some photos you can see people. give us an idea here. you have had plenty of celebrities even have been a part of your campaign. what message are you trying to send and is this part of that message you speak of? >> well, yeah. it is about raising awareness. every photo creates dialogue. when somebody sees a photo that doesnt know about the campaign they ask about it. youd be surprise how many people in california really still dont know about pr...

More aggressive, meaner, even hate-filled. but still, your reaction when someone has a legitimate concern and gripe and about whether or not you two should get married. >> to me it comes across as confusion. they use -- he complains that the judge is using religion as -- citing that as a source of his problem but he easily went to religion as the solution to his problem so i think the issue there would be the separation of church and state. i mean he dentally has some -- i think there is some co...

Lemonade stands without a license. >> yeah. poor thing. way more attention for that lemonade stand than i think she was hoping for. >> now everybody wants her lemonade. also, controversy in the midwest over teachers and a very popular medication. >> talking about the milwaukee teachers union. they want a judge to order the school board to bring back viagra in its taxpayer funded health insurance plan. this while milwaukee school district is in a financial crisis. hundreds of teachers may be la...

Northeastern afghanistan. again, these were aid workers, the taliban claiming responsibility for that attack. its been a long week of legal wrangling over proposition 8 and it is a long way from over. >> we have one decision but many more decisions to come. joining us now from los angeles, insessi "insessio in session legal contrition tore, midwin charles. how long of a process just to get to the appeals process? >> well, t.j., it could take years. after a federal district court renders a deci...

Saying -- how did the republicans make hay with this? >> well, the republicans make hay because, for instance, when he says were adding more jobs, he can point to the number of plus 71,000 in the last report that just came out. however, any economist will tell you that for an economy to sustain itself, it needs 125,000 added. so you have one of these situations where the facts dont necessarily tell the whole story. >> okay. lets gets to proposition 8. the extent to which you think the white hous...

Is that an important distinction and if so should the media make it clear. >> it doesnt have to be a ban on gay marriage it is not. i mean,. >> peter ferara. head of aclu made the point. by this logic where do you go on marry animals in >> oh, jim. >> there is a big consent problem with the animals. >> oh, with a valid license. i dont know them with valid are drivers license. >> animals dont have the rights humans has . i dont agree with it the argument. you cant put basic rights up for a vote. ...