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Important is this is an issue of civil law. its a civil rights issue. this thing called civil marriage and what our government does. when we get it wrong it gives permission for people to bully kids and make their parents out costs and thats why im so proud of what our board did. they real discerned. they debated and came down very firmly that this is an issue of our constitution is a matter of our laws and a question about how our government treats its citizens and whether we will let states co...

In the midst of that it became clear we may be facing a tidal wave ov states seeking to codify discrimination into their state laws. we decided it was important. the board decided it was important to come out clearly for the entire country and make it clear we will fight these efforts where ever they pop up. we cannot stand by and watch one group be targeted for discrimination. this is no different. the reality is that the right wing in this country is seeking to really so hatred into state cons...

There. one of the reasons this is so important is this is an issue of civil law. its a civil rights issue. this thing called civil marriage and what our government does. when we get it wrong it gives permission for people to bully kids and make their parents out costs and thats why im so proud of what our board did. they real discerned. they debated and came down very firmly that this is an issue of our constitution is a matter of our laws and a question about how our government treats its citiz...

phase of the transition, the next milestone. well set a goal for afghan forces to take the lead for combat operations across the country in 2013. next year. so that isaf can move to a supporting role. this will be another step towards afghans taking full lead for their security as agreed to by 2014 when the everyone saf combat mission will end. and police in chicago are certainly hoping that their mission is a lottese ier today, easier than it was yesterday. what a mess. protesters o...

little unusual for tulsa, oklahoma. we have organized, several agencies have become involved. we have a lot of officers dedicated to this. weve formed a traffic force for this specific series of crimes, because these crimes occurred in a relatively short period of time and in a really close geographical location as well. with those things in combination, thats whats so alarming to us. on the heels of everything else, we need to make sure this is quickly addressed and resolved. >> this ...

>> all politics are local pip know were bashing washington, bashing the president, bashing congress, but also lets think about what happened in 2010 with the tea party movement and we had all of these republicans come in and restrict state budgets, too. so, we have to share the blame all around. its not just a beltway issue, where in texas where i live, were seeing education budgets cut upon millions of millions, health care at the state level so we need to see this broadly. >> part -- im glad y...

That mitt romney said he would like to make illegal when he supports a life begins at conception amendment. that thats why people are making signs like these in mississippi. if that sperm and that egg happened to get in that specific neighborhood together and that egg becomes fertilized and thats a person then anything that keeps that fertilized egg from being implanted could be illegal. so the pill, illegal. iud, illegal. that ring thing, illegal. hormonal birth control, illegal. at least if mi...

He supports a life begins at conception amendment. that thats why people are making signs like these in mississippi. if that sperm and that egg happened to get in that specific neighborhood together and that egg becomes fertilized and thats a person then anything that keeps that fertilized egg from being implanted could be illegal. so the pill, illegal. iud, illegal. that ring thing, illegal. hormonal birth control, illegal. at least if mitt romney gets his way. and state constitutions are amend...

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Bankrupt the nation. obamacare will severely impact the quality of health care for the american people. and it will be repealed. >> sean: what about the mandate aspect of this? the constitutionality of it, government mandating health care has been a big issue. in romneycare bill, it was mandated. there was a state mandate. what is the distinction considering republicans arguing wait a minute theres no constitutional authority to put a mandate on people that they must have insurance? >> federal c...