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Californias long history of treating all people and their relationships with equal dignity and respect. normally, a state law would be defended by the attorney general but browne refused to do it because he feels gays have every right to marry. so the sponsors of proposition 8 defended the case themselves. they will also be filing motions. jon, all the parties in this case face a midnight deadline and then federal judge vaughn walker will consider all these arguments and he will also consider wh...

Balance. and take notice of the open warfare thats going to occur if theres a next time. >> last thing here, elena kagan is joining a court thats going to be taking up -- theres been so much attention to proposition 8. what do you see as possibly landmarks in this country? some would say that proposition 8 is coming down the pike in the next year or so. what do you see this court and elena kagan being a part of? >> its pretty evident the court is going to weigh in on the health care law. theres ...

>> appreciate that. will same-sex marriage return to california anytime soon? well talk to one of the couples that brought the suit that overturned controversial proposition 8. why wyclef jean wants to take the top spot in hate at thiss presidential palace. and later, why wildfires in moscow may have an impact on your dinner table. right into my desktop. launch my watchlist -- a popping stock catches my eye. pull up the price chart. see what the analysts say. as i jump back, cnbc confirms ...

That we see from places like massachusetts, vermont, iowa, canada, south africa, that ending marriage discrimination helps families and hurts no one. the more people have a reality on which to judge this instead of scary right-wing rhetoric and fear mongering, the more people move in support of this. >> to miss gallaghers point, she was saying the court said theres a right to gay marriage. the court wasnt saying theres a right to gay marriage. they were saying that everybody has a right to marry...

Be deadly in some cases. were dealing with triple-digit temperatures in many parts of the country. 105-degree heat indexes and higher. nine people have died because of the heat wave across the south and midwest. and there are warnings in more than a dozen states in effect right now. admiral thad allen giving bp the green light for oil operations. bp says the heavy mud pumped into the well on tuesday is holding back the oil. and overnight, supporters of same-sex marriage celebrated a federal ...

Its just a terrific moment today. because now were a giant step closer to restoring that basic freedom in california. >> as soon as prop 8 passed, they knew they were going to overturn. so the trial, the so-called trial isatrics is making it look like theres some legality behind it. hopefully, we have to rely on the supreme majority now to save the nation. >> the tragedy, he says, he would be a supporter of californias proposition 8 or prop 8. they are getting ready for the appeals process and a...

To demonize and undermine the courts. we need to stand up for that. >> miss gallagher, this is probably going to go to the supreme court. given the conservative nature of the court right now, are you confident that they would not -- that they will uphold proposition 8? >> im optimistic. this isnt the first federal judge to strike down a marriage amendment. it happened in nebraska in 2005. the 8th circuit immediately rejected the idea that theres a right to gay marriage in our constitution, which...

A discriminatory fashion for no purpose against individuals who happen to be gay and lesbian. the judges in the massachusetts case and the judge today in the california proposition 8 case went through all of the evidence and could find no justification, no rational basis for the disparate treatment of gays and individuals with respect to marriage, and the massachusetts judge did pretty much the same thing with the federal defense of marriage statute. so the cases resonate with one another. they ...

The difference is a better nights sleep. well, it is a big victory for same-sex marriage rights. a federal judge in san francisco has ruled californias ban unconstitutional. >> an appeal on this emotional issue, of course, is inevitable. and its almost certainly headed to the u.s. supreme court. heres how san franciscos abc 7 covered in our "american landscape." >> this is abc 7 news at 6:00. >> i have been waiting for this day, this moment. never could have imagined it. when we could be legal...

The tea partiers may be headed toward divide the this defendant -- defeat this november. if democrats can beat tea party republicans in those two big states, they can hold the senate. and another day, another republican wants to look at the changing of the 14th amendment and revoking birth right citizenship. is this nativism a smart direction for the republicans to be taking? well ask the "hardball" strategists. finally, amber alert. whats wrong with this picture? well, it looks harmless eno...