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Is that the trophy they want in order to do what is right to raise the rates for the wealthiest people in our country? >> let me say for the record i think pelosi is right. i dont think raising the age is the right idea. im going to show you the money later on. but what she did not do is not rule it out. if republicans end up getting it, its something the obama administration told john boehner they were willing to trade away if republicans end up getting it, that will feel like a big win for the...

Order to do what is right to raise the rates for the wealthiest people in our country? >> let me say for the record i think pelosi is right. i dont think raising the age is the right idea. im going to show you the money later on. but what she did not do is not rule it out. if republicans end up getting it, its something the obama administration told john boehner they were willing to trade away if republicans end up getting it, that will feel like a big win for them. enough to unlock the tax deal...

Do the loving vs. virginia move. right now, it would be washing out 41 states. >> so very quickly before we go, today is a good day for supporters of gay marriage. thats the bottom line? >> i think its a great day. i think its a great day because in the perry case, theres no question its a great in respect to doma. for the perry case, its a great day even though there might be skeptics because in that case theres a beautiful record, theres a trial in this case. whenever theres a trial, the pro-g...

Republicans want? is that the trophy they want in order to do what is right to raise the rates for the wealthiest people in our country? >> let me say for the record i think pelosi is right. i dont think raising the age is the right idea. im going to show you the money later on. but what she did not do is not rule it out. if republicans end up getting it, its something the obama administration told john boehner they were willing to trade away if republicans end up getting it, that will feel like...

>> so very quickly before we go, today is a good day for supporters of gay marriage. thats the bottom line? >> i think its a great day. i think its a great day because in the perry case, theres no question its a great in respect to doma. for the perry case, its a great day even though there might be skeptics because in that case theres a beautiful record, theres a trial in this case. whenever theres a trial, the pro-gay side wins. its almost a per se rule. in red states like arkansas and florida...

Thought, belief, expression, and certain intimate conduct. the defendants are adults, and their conduct was in private and consensual, and, quote, to declare the issue as one related to the right to engage in certain sexual conduct demeans the claim the individual put forward. so could it happen? could it happen next year? that the supreme court declare it is unconstitutional to deny people of the same sex the right to marry? what a question, what a story. joining me now is the president of the ...

>> thats exactly right. and there is no state interest to deny our citizens and the plaintiffs in this case the fundamental right to marriage. you know, chris, often times we get lost a bit when were talking about these things, talking about the politics and the law, but at the end of the day there are fundamental lives at stake. when we filed this case, chris and sandy and jeff and paul had been together for ten years. now they have been together for almost 12, over 13 years. chris and sandys t...

Self that includes freedom of thought, belief, expression, and certain intimate conduct. the defendants are adults, and their conduct was in private and consensual, and, quote, to declare the issue as one related to the right to engage in certain sexual conduct demeans the claim the individual put forward. so could it happen? could it happen next year? that the supreme court declare it is unconstitutional to deny people of the same sex the right to marry? what a question, what a story. joining m...

The case in court, ted olson and david boyce, that in this country we dont deny our citizens a fundamental right, and the supreme court has called marriage a fundamental right no less than 14 times in the history of this country, and im optimistic that once the court does hear this case and the doma case, theyre going to come down on the side of freedom, liberty, and equality just as they have so many times in our nations past. >> and equal protection of the laws. elizabeth, thank you for coming...

And sandy and jeff and paul had been together for ten years. now they have been together for almost 12, over 13 years. chris and sandys twin boys were just entering high school. when this case is heard, they will be getting ready to graduate from high school. their moms deserve the same freedom to marry just as everyone else has in this country. >> isnt it true that when we had this in the court in the ninth in the appellate level, nobody came forward because nobody could come up with what you c...