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You try those things against the constitution, and the constitution restrict the things that americans can make laws about, so those laws dont infringe on our constitutionally protected rights. thats sort of the big idea in this country. thats sort of the big idea that is this country. america, come for the religious liberty. stay for the rock-ribbed constitutional guarantees of all your other rights. today for the first time in our nations history, a federal court put the issue of a state ban o...

Cautious in some way? >> well, cautious in the sense would it be better to go through the political process, sure? when people feel there needs to be some other recourse, they go the courts. thats why theyre there. couples in california opted to go to a federal judge to get some resolution here. it was incumbent on the proponents of proposition 8. they should have gone to court with a strong, solid argument. conservatives should go back to court but take the lawyers and sue them for mall brick t...

On appeal. >> mr. olson, theres another gay marriage case that is making its way to the supreme court from massachusetts where gay marriage is legal, of course. last month the u.s. district court judge ruled that defense of marriage act, the federal defense of marriage act is unconstitutional. what effect do those cases have on one another? what effect do those cases -- how do they interact with this case that youve just won today in terms of what happens ultimately at the federal or supreme cou...

We begin with the victory for same-sex marriage rights. after a federal judge ruled californias ban on those marriages is illegal. >> celebrations followed that decision even though this is far from the final world. don guevara has the details from los angeles. >> reporter: rob and vinita, this is a major victory for same-sex couples in california who want to be married. but the battle over the states gay marriage ban is far from over. a celebration in the streets of california, after a judge ru...

Witnesses, that there were all opponents of gay marriage largely dropped off the witness list, or actually wound up saying that gay marriage should be recognized once they were deposed or cross-examined by boyes or olsen. what does that tell us about the merits of the case? what is the case going to look like to the supreme court? how could the supreme court possibly -- what the court would hear? >> well, i think it says a lot about the evidentiary support. the proponents of proposition 8 did a ...

Our nation has always been about. we read about it in school. our ancestors came to this country in search of it. well, this decision today brings paul and i, and so many others like us, closer to that equality, too. >> reporter: in his 136-page ruling, chief u.s. district judge vaughn walker said, there is no rational basis for voter-approved proposition 8, which limits marriage to a man and a woman. walker said the evidence shows conclusively, that proposition 8 enacts, without reason, a priva...

Next. senior editor for slate.com, you really helped clarify this. thanks a lot. >> thank you, rachel. >> there is much more to say about todays historic repudiation, refeudation, of proposition 8 and where the issue goes next. well get with david boies and ted olson, the attorneys who pushed this case in the california federal court system coming up next. later on, think you dont have to vote in the mid-terms, dont make me come to your house. please stay with us. ing if i could say hi to the do...

Proposition 8. should two men or two women be allowed to marry each other? the judge who overturned the ban on gay marriage is now taking a lot of heat. well tell you whats next in the legal battle. plus, the claws are out after another fight on "the view." and this time, whoopi versus the white house party crasher. but what happened backstage? apparently that got even crazier. im from the gulf coast. my family spends a lot of time here. i have a personal interest in ensuring that we get this ...

Week because i was off on vacation. he has some thoughts on the illegal alien ruling and the mosque controversy. before we get to that i want to explain to the audience once again that this ruling overturning the vote in california on gay marriage the people obviously in california dont want it, proposition 8. we want to read that before we comment on it because, you know, we just dont want to off the top of oyou are ohead. so we will have it for you tomorrow. does that sound fair, miller? >> ye...

Astonishingly lob-sided results. i talked to a democrat today shocked by it. were seeing a huge retreat. robin carnahan, democrating candidate in missouri, supported it. put out a statement and said people in missouri dont want too much of the washington, d.c. government stuff around. mccaskill, the other senator, strong supporter and on every tv in the country last year pretty effectively as the democratic arguments went supporting obama care. said something like message received. >> bret: it w...