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Didnt want to get on the record, like senator kirk did, do support it and recognize, you know, a true conservative position is support equality. >> its passed the house, but not the senate. >> and the governor said -- i keep getting these things confused. the governor said hell sign it. illinois, we could be adding to that list of states. >> and its on the speakers desk. we hope we have the votes. >> but the question i have about, as this question sort of goes nationally, you know, a lot of stat...

It. theyre worried about all these -- >> were talking about the majority of the country though. if the majority is with the president, is he too liberal? thats what im asking. can you call the guy too left when hes right where the middle is? how can you keep saying that? its the only question i want to put to you. if more than 50% support equality of marriage, more than 50% support a womans right to choose, if more than 50% are with him on guns and foreign policy, how can you call that the far l...

It. theyre worried about all these -- >> were talking about the majority of the country though. if the majority is with the president, is he too liberal? thats what im asking. can you call the guy too left when hes right where the middle is? how can you keep saying that? its the only question i want to put to you. if more than 50% support equality of marriage, more than 50% support a womans right to choose, if more than 50% are with him on guns and foreign policy, how can you call that the far l...

Put to you. if more than 50% support equality of marriage, more than 50% support a womans right to choose, if more than 50% awith him on guns a s ans and foreign how can you call that the far left? >> let me put it this way, the fact of the matter is this is going to be politically very problematic for harry r50ed because for the constituency he represents in the senate, theyre not going to be able to get a lot of things that the president wants done because its too far to the left of him. for e...

Will stand against each and every time just like we stood up to help defeat the referendum in mississippi. the whole purpose of a constitution in this country, it expands rights, not restrict them. >> ben jealous, the president and ceo of the naacp that has made this momentous that they, as a national organization, support equality in marriage rights for same-sex couples. ben, congratulations on this, i know it was a big deal for you to be able to announce this. its been a big goal for your orga...

>>. ♪ i was rolling on the moon one day ♪ >> that was gene cernan the last man to walk on the moon and only man to dance on it. well have my interview about the future of nasa and something he left behind in space. good morning everyone im randi kaye, 8:00, thanks for waking up with us. get you caught up on the news. new developments in several high profile legal stories that captured the nations attention this week. three more people have been taken in custody for allegedly help...

Young people, 18 to 35, over 70% support marriage equality. the world is changing. we just saw some incredible victories in washington state, maryland, new hampshire where 100 republicans rolled back in an attempt to take marriage equality out of new hampshire where it already existed. so i think were going to continuously look in favorable states where people are more likely to support equality. and its going to be a long slog unless this ends up in the supreme court as one case in california t...

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