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What happens next. on both of these issues, this is now a fight in the states, 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....

>> and your decision to be part of it, your decision to help fight this out. why did you know, why did you believe, that your relationship was the right one to be on the masthead here? why did you guys decide to be plaintiffs, knowing the pressure and the time commitment it would mean from you as individuals and as a couple to fight this fight on so many other peoples behalf? >> it was just too important not to. in 2008 when we elected the first african-american president, it was a glorious day....

Washington. you are talking about the large crowd in detroit. it was the largest at his time and it was eclipsed by what happened in washington. why did dr. king go to detroit? >> detroit was an industrial city and african-american were second class citizens, we didnt have public accommodation. those who came north to work to the fact rows and could not stop in a holiday inn or buy icecream in howard johnson and didnt have the right to voice. they didnt have the rights as privileges. and we had ...

Making sure we provide them with a pathway to citizenship so they come out of the shadows and actually are recognized, not as second-class citizens, but as contributors that they are, thats when were going to be able to -- thats when were going to actually be able to have an honest conversation and move the conversation forward. >> vick totoria, new polling sha divide among republican voters. 64% support immigration reform. 43% view immigrants as strengthening the country. 55% say theyre a burde...

End assault on roe that is coming that we should see arkansas as a sort of sign of? is there a new approach coming, a second prong of the movement? >> oh, yeah. i mean, this isnt chipping away. this is taking a sledgehammer to roe. and the only way it could stand is if they get to the supreme court and they convince the court that they ought to throw roe out the window, 40 years of precedent out the window, and establish some kind of new incredible regime in which women cant make these choices w...

I know what it is like to be in a defenseless situation that is there to execute lawyers can protect themselves, chiropractors can protect themselves, why cant teachers? they are like second-class citizens. john: years ago you restaurant when a dead man came in and killed your mom and dad? >> 23 people. the first real mass shooting in 1991. john: people say tougher gun laws. views say the opposite. and you wrote a book about it. explain your reasoning. >> at that time you could not get a conceal...

In todays flash bback, we jump to 2003. the massachusetts supreme courts decision to allow gay marriage was a full-fledged eric. heres how pete williams reported that story nine years ago today. >> todays decision comes from the seven-member supreme court of massachusetts, all but one appointed by republican governors. by a vote of 4-3, the court said denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples creates second-class citizens and violates the state constitution and is based on the same kind of p...

>> i do, thomas. even though were feeling some of the residual effects of sandy and my heart and soul and prayers go out to our brothers and sisters on the east coast, we are holding for the president. the latest polls show 50 to 45% for early voters, 60 to 34% and among women, thank god almighty 55 to 40% because women in ohio understand it and they dont want to elect leaders that will treat them like second-class citizens, leaders that have a campaign that would say that rape is a form of conc...

Muslims dont want to see. egypt has a devout population, and people go out and they pray and fast and they are muslims in the day-to-day life and they dont see any need to impose the islamic law in government. there are also 10 million christians in the country who worry that they could become permanent second-class citizens and on the other hand there is the other candidate who praises mubarak from the old regime and a prime minister, and presents himself as a strong man and the man who will cr...

good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, facebook face down. here are some of the headlines. the drudge report calls it fadebook. the "wall street journals" headline tonight -- bankers under fire as facebook slips. bloomberg -- zuckerbergs fortune falls $2.2 billion as facebook drops. to put imi hype, at least not yet. but look at this. facebooks stock fell as low as $33 at one point today. thats down 11% in one day. the company has lost $40 billion in market capita...