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They are going to go from here. in terms of actions speaking louder than words, there are a lot of actions that dont speak well of the intentions on the other side so you can piece. theres a lot of blame to go around on this. the question is is there really a desire an ability to deliver on both sides of this equation. >> 13 members of the knessed are going to be on the arab block. weve polled that block and arabs in israel are, in fact the most moderate of the constituency in the entire country...

Theres a real possibility -- >> every poll almost echos his fear putting him and his party four seats behind. one reason for the possible change the palestinian vote. elise labott has more now. >> reporter: he is a powerful new face in politics. campaigning at hebrew university ayman aday is a star attraction but he is not jewish. he is an israeli citizen of palestinian descent, one of 1.6 million living in israel. come election today the bloc he leads dubbed the joint list could hold the power ...

8 never p has again. but the fact of the matter is, its not about marriage, its about being treated equally. we were treated like second-class citizens. and thats a universal them among any minority group. there should never be a barrier to equality. >> the barrier has been struck down in california. you guys got officially married last year and the party is happening this month? >> yes. actually got married on this network, live on "the rachel maddow show". >> what a great place to be married. ...

>> well, i think the question that ultimately is going to need to be decided by the courts and ultimately the supreme court is whether the different states bans on gay marriage violate the 14th amendment to the united states constitution. if you look at the cases that the supreme court ruled on last year, striking down section 3 of the defense of marriage act, justice kennedy wrote that state laws that treat same-sex cup ous as second class citizens violated the due process and equal protection ...

I think a lot of us are confused as to how 3% of michigans population could have -- sort of supported this ballot measure, this measure, and gotten it through the state house. a loophole. used twice before to take away womens rights. what they were able to do put it through the legislature, with 4% of the people. and sat there, they had 40 days to act. if our legislature went back on christmas break. came back in january, let it go. the voters would have had the decision before them in november....

Care. >> here is the deal. i agree with david this is a tea party problem. they are unreasonable and not founded in reality. i uh think they have been smoking some of the tea, not drinking it. >> im not afraid of anybody. this is a tough game. you can want be inup tim dated. you cant be frightened. as far as im concerned the tea party can go straight to hell. >> some of these folks in congress right now would love to see us as second class citizens. some of them in congress right now with this t...

To a town meeting on health care. >> here is the deal. i agree with david this is a tea party problem. they are unreasonable and not founded in reality. i uh think they have been smoking some of the tea, not drinking it. >> im not afraid of anybody. this is a tough game. you can want be inup tim dated. you cant be frightened. as far as im concerned the tea party can go straight to hell. >> some of these folks in congress right now would love to see us as second class citizens. some of them in co...

Thanks for joining us this morning. >> good to be with you. >>shannon: i know this ordinance which basically says you cant hold certain positions or get work with this city, and its in draft form now, if you speak out in word or deed against homosexuality, i know the ordinance has been through a lot of iterations. are you satisfied with where it stands now? have your concerns been met? >> they have not been met at all. there have been a few things changed. but there has been in reality absolutel...

Especially in the red states, over whether or not being gay should make you a second-class citizen and over whether or not our election laws ought to be blatantly racist. its going to be both of those fights in parallel in a lot of the same states, all starting right now. these two decisions from the supreme court this week pulled us in different directions, but the fight from here on both of these issues is the same. it happens on the ground locally, pulling in the same direction in a lot of th...

Case that was decided yesterday at the supreme court. >> in 2008 when we elected the first african-american president, it was a glorious day, but later that night it was a horrible night when the returns for prop 8 came in saying that we were going to be treated as second-class citizens, and we just could not fathom being treated like that anymore. >> so it was that moment in 2008 when we simultaneously had this great civil rights advance of electing an african-american president, and also the c...