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Defending proposition 8 seem to struggle a little bit in the courtroom today. when asked what harm gay marriage would bring to heterosexual married couples, lawyers didnt really have a clear cut answer. instead, they insisted marriage should remain between a man and a woman because it was the best environment to raise children. and one of the lawyers told us outside the courtroom not to forget that california voters did approve proposition 8. >> it was legitimate under the constitution for the s...

Shannon: a quick look at stories we are watching this hour. the maricopa sheriff plans to ring in the immigration law with police week. a convict set to be executed by firing squad is fighting for a stay of execution. ronnie lee gardner wants his execution be put on hold. closing arguments in california in a federal trial over the states ban on same-sex marriage. anita vogel has more. >> reporter: closing arguments have been underway for an hour. we have two of the most powerful lawyers in the c...

Our staff checked out these groups and your money will go to a good cause. now the nuclear stand-off with iran and a huge development today. the iranian regime once again thumbed its nose at the world announcing its plans to build four new nuclear reactors and it all comes on the same day that the white house laid out a new strategy to punish the islamic republic. as you know, iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and the countrys leaders say the new reactors will be for medi...

Final countdown, to a decision on same sex marriage in california. closing arguments for and against californias proposition 8, hugely controversial as you remember, set to -- hugely controversial, and is set to get start in a san francisco courtroom, that is how we start a brand new hour of this wednesday, good to have you with us, im martha maccallum. bill: bill hemmer. we look like an easter egg today, dont we, and, supporters wants to stop gay and lesbian marriages from being performed acros...

Going to come to us who will want to get married and theyll be gay. >> reporter: it would take nearly a decade for that to actually happen. >> what do we want? >> reporter: olson was recruited by a group of hollywood activists who wanted to challenge proposition 8, the controversial 2008 ballot initiative that banned same sex marriage in california. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for being here. >> reporter: he said yes, which was startling enough, but he knew he needed some political bala...

Hotel. and it starts where you might expect, with a hollywood heavy hitter. director and actor rob reiner. >> this was after proposition 8 went the wrong way for us. >> reporter: the lunch took place in november 2008, a week after the election. obama won the white house. but gays and lesbians lost the right to marry in california. >> were trying to figure out what to do next. we thought about the idea of a possible legal challenge to proposition 8. a friend of my wifes came by the table. >> repo...

Now, new jersey allows civil unions. that confers all the -- i think it confers all the legal rights of marriage, but were going to talk to somebody who knows more about this than i do. and four western states, california, oregon, washington, and nevada grants same rights to couples. and maine, the state legalized gay marriage in may of 09 but it was banned. voters overturned it in november of 09. in california, the state supreme court approved gay marriage in may of 2008, but six months later v...

Decision that sort of made this all possible. >> well, last summer they had two important rulings in the windsor case and proposition 8 case, but didnt squarely address the issue of whether there was a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. thats the big issue that they have not yet addressed, and theyve indicated in their rulings that they want to go slow, they are not quite ready, they want the law to develop in the states, and i think that that is what -- that is the meaning of the interi...

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