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Certainly something i have dealt with, you know, every day of my life, and now being in the public lieeye i certainly deal h it very directly. you know, its -- its something that ive grown a thick skin for. you know, i certainly respect everyones rights to their own opinion. i think at the end of the day we have to all agree treating any american as a second-class citizen is just not okay. >> that is the actor jesse tyler ferguson. hes an openly gay actor on a sitcom called "modern family" and w...

So this is not my -- but, you know, speaking about people who oppose marriage equality, its certainly something i have dealt with, you know, every day of my life, and now being in the public eye i certainly deal with it very directly. you know, its -- its something that ive grown a thick skin for. you know, i certainly respect everyones rights to their own opinion. i think at the end of the day we have to all agree treating any american as a second-class citizen is just not okay. >> that is the ...

So this is not my wheelhouse, but, you know, speaking about people who oppose marriage equality, its certainly something i have dealt with, you know, every day of my life, and now being in the public eye, i certainly deal with it very directly. you know, its -- its something that ive grown a thick skin for. you know, i certainly respect everyones rights to their own opinion. but i think at the end of the day we have to all agree that treating any american as a second-class citizen is just not ok...

Shoe shine person, you know, a worker inside of the white house because thats the most powerful address in the world. and if i found an african-american worker, then during the 50s, it was still treated outside of the white house as a second-class citizen because they didnt have their full rights. and i thought that saga, their life, whoever i would find, i thought their life bracketed up against the life of then senator obamas victory would be a very compelling story. >> so how did you find eug...

Know. thats a key thing. so all of the postures that people go through in order to not know. if you think back to 1986 barrows versus hardwick case when the justice cast a key deciding vote in this case that upheld sodomy statutes and said to one of thighs colleagues, i dont think ive ever met a homosexual. and he actually met a lot of them and in fact hired a stream of them as his clerks. favorite clerks every year. >> sir, sir, remember me. >> exactly. >> its a little which came first, the chi...

Equal justice under the law. and today were closer to that equality. were lucky and we know that the fight continues across this country. we cannot forget our lgbt brothers and sisters that are in states that still discriminate against them. and we will not allow it. we will continue the fight until all of us are equal. prop 8 did one thing. it really helped us turn anger into action. it led to the foundation, the american foundation for equal rights. it led to this case and to todays victory, a...

Somehow were asking for an exception. what were asking for is for her to be treated on the severity of her illness and get the treatment her doctors deem appropriate. theyre the ones acting like were asking for this special treatment and were not. were asking for them to do what her doctor says is appropriate and best for her. its like the government deciding what is best for her when theyve never seen her. >> julie: now that shes been put on this adult organ transplant list d it greaten her cha...

As much as they tinker with the bill or as much as theres 60, 70, 80 votes in the senate, youll have a big group of republicans in the house resistant to this. >> if they dont provide a pathway to citizenship, we have to take a step back and look at the moral consequences. well have 11 million people within our borders that are a second-class citizen. thats an issue. >> 83% support a path to citizenship. lastly, an interesting fact has come out of this. this sort of distrust of government. its r...

The notion that apparently that everybody needs to own a home. i dont understand that. if you cant afford a house, you rent. i dont feel like a second class citizen, i dont have to wear a scarlet r out in public. if you can afford a home, great. if you cant, rather than take out a risky loan, keep saving up until you can afford a home and get a home you can afford. dont take out a risky loan to buy a bigger house than you need. the same thing we do with college. we decided everyone needs to go t...

And theres a notion that everybody needs to own a home. i dont understand that, if you cant own a home, i rent. i dont feel like a second class citizen. if you can afford a home, great. rather than take a risky loan save up until you can afford a home and get a home that you can afford. dont take out a loan, a risky loan to buy a bigger house than you need. we have to stop this, the same thing like we do college. we decided everybody needs to go to college and government loans and the cost of ed...