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Defense of marriage act, but he moved to the winning side in the proposition 8 case and wrote the courts opinion dismissing the appeal of the law banning the same-sex marriage in california. and so tonight, same-sex marriage is legal again in california. and chief justice roberts cousin, jean pedraski, announced she will marry her partner. joining me now, jean and grace, thank you very much for joining me on this historic night. jean, you said things over time, asked about how your cousin might ...

Human decency. millions of americans who cherish traditional marriage will agree. >> a sad day when unelected judges change the definition of marriage. and turn their backs on the will of voters. >> reporter: the court stopped short of declaring every state must allow gay marriage sending the challenge to californias proposition 8 which banned gay marriage back to the lower courts on technical ground, effectively legalizing gay marriage in california. the couples who brought the case will win. >...

Was at clarence thomas. i think there is nothing more sad than somebody like clarence thomas who could have made the difference in the voting rights decision, but who consistently ruled on the side against the oppressed, against the people whose rights are being taken away. >> hes always made it clear that hes the last person that should have benefited from affirmative action. i think with regard to the decision, the incident. that professes you, this has limitations beyond same sex. this was th...

State like florida. i was surprised at how angry i was at clarence thomas. i think there is nothing more sad than somebody like clarence thomas who could have made the difference in the voting rights decision, but who consistently ruled on the side against the oppressed, against the people whose rights are being taken away. >> hes always made it clear that hes the last person that should have benefited from affirmative action. i think with regard to the decision, the incident. that professes you...

Clinton that prevented the federal government from recognizing the validity of same sex marriages in the states where theyre legal. >> children born today will grow up in a world without doma. the same children who happen to be gay will be free to love and get married, as thea and i did, but with the same federal benefits, protections and dignities and everything else. >> pete williams has the decision we think was previewed. >> the supreme court has decided that it cannot take up the challenge ...

Federal government can take away benefits from married couples under the defense of marriage act because theyre the same sex. in the other, if it was okay for voters in california to decide that marriage should be between a man and a woman because of proposition 8. two gay and lesbian couples brought the case. >> i think america is ready for that. i think america does have this founding principle around fairness and equality that we believe in, too. court watchers are wondering whether the las...

Legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. we have to talk about today. joe laid out the two big cases before the court. when you heard arguments on these cases, did the justices tip their hand which way they are leaning. >> a little bit. in the proposition 8 case, which looked like it was going to be the big case, they looked like they were trying to find a way out. i think everybody knows that same-sex marriage is going to come to california regardless of what the supreme court does. proposition 8 is goin...

Taylors many wedding dresses are up for auction. thats where john berman comes in. he is giving his "new day" award. >> he is pretty fashion forward. what we dont know is the rest of the news. we have to get to you. in a few hours, we expect the supreme court to issue two historic rulings on same-sex marriage. it will rule on the challenge to californias proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in that state. nelson mandelas family by his side at a pretoria hospital where the former south a...

Part of the federal act doma. the justices dismissed an appeal over californias proposition 8. that means that same-sex marriage will be legal in that state. >> theres strong reaction to the rulings from both sides, not surprisingly, have a listen. >> this is about equality. that means marriages in my state and all over will be treated equally under more than 1100 provisions of federal law that use the term marriage or define benefits according to marriage. >> justice kennedys opinion takes up t...

Cannot refuse them recognition. now comes the ruling in the california same-sex marriage ban, proposition 8. and its an unusual ruling. its one that brings together an odd coalition of justices, two conservatives, three liberals. jeffrey toobin, what exactly did the court decide here? >> you know, im not afraid to say, jake, that this is a puzzling decision. its a puzzling lineup of justices. let me just say whos on which side. this decision in the california proposition 8 case is written by chi...