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Extraordinary attorneys, this is pretty much a stretch of that clause in finding rights where they dont necessarily exist and whats going to end up happening which always ends up happening and its a sorry thing to be having to happen in this campaign season is that its all going to turn political. this isnt a civil rights issue. its distinctly different in the political arena which is where its going to get batted around and it is just not something that is going to be helpful in this cycle that...

Francisco decided to let same-sex couples get married here in the city. it was highly controversial at the time. you had many people rush to the courthouse and get married, same-sex couples. well, then, the california supreme court said do you know what, were not going to allow that to happen, and that ultimately led to a series of lawsuits. it led to this voter initiative called proposition 8. what proposition 8 did is it defined marriage between a man and a woman. if youre living in california...

Welcome back. developing now as you can see, president obama about to speak to the afl-cio at the washington convention center. we should mention, by the way, happy birthday to the president. he turns 49 today. after this speech to the afl-cio he is heading to chicago this afternoon for a celebratory with friends. well monitor the speech from the president in washington at the afl-cio executive committee. in just a few hours, were expecting a federal court to rule on a challenge to californias...

A federal judge in san francisco is set to issue a long-awaited ruling today on legality of same-sex marriage in california. the case involves californias voter-approved proposition 8, which outlaws same-sex marri analysts predict he will overturn the ban. the judges decision will not be in court. he is posting his ruling electronically. hip-hop superstar wyclef jean says he has decided to run for president of haiti. the artist tells "time" magazine that he would have waited ten years before p...

How dangerous is it? they are not letting a whole lot of people in close by. weve seen a little robot that is over there near that, we havent actually seen any people. that is in the top center of your screen right there with all the yellow stuff. nobody directly coming into contact with that stuff. as we report on this we want to try to find out what it is and if there is any danger for people in the area outside of being evacuated. sometimes theyll tell people to close their windows and so on ...

Criticized the republicans for showing up at ribbon cutting ceremonies even though they blocked certain initiatives they wanted. he said republicans want america to go backwards and then he talked about this little anecdote he said, getting the car out of the ditch. he said they sit there on, you know, next to the ditch and on the blacktop and once the car was out of the ditch, they wanted the keys back. he said if you want to go forwards, you put it in "d," and if you want to go backwards, you ...

It passed rather decisively saying marriage should be between a man and a woman and they banned gay marriage but the judge now says that is unconstitutional. should what the people say in these propositions, should that have an impact? >> wolf, with all due respect to the proposition and what the people said i do believe this is an issue that is much larger. it goes to the basic fundamental rights of all americans to be treated the same under the law. and i do believe that in terms of marriage e...

Is the judge says, is a moral disapproval of who homosexuality. but he says moral disapproval alone is an improper basis for denying rights to gay men and lesbians. the evidence shows conclusively, he says, that prop 8 enacts without reason a private moral view that same-sex couples are inferior. those are his main reasons. it will undoubtedly be challenged now. the proponents of proposition 8, chris, had asked the judge to stay the effect of his own ruling but at least in the court documents iv...

In just a matter of hours, a federal judge will announce whether californias ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins me. what are the legal experts telling you about what to expect out of california? >> we could get the ruling in as little as four hours. people have been watching the case, proposition 8, the ballot initiative that stopped gay marriages in california. the people who propose proposition 8, support it, think thats whats going t...

The left, please rethink your views about your fellow mainstream americans before its too late. >> mark, thank you so much for the rant. ive got some breaking news here so im not -- ive got a couple of questions id pepper you with. were pals, we do this chauffeur day so ill leave it at that. mark tapscot with our daily rant as we turn our attention to breaking news on proposition 8 coming to us from california as a district judge has overturned californias same-sex marriage ban, a victory for ga...