of back to our future. a great book about '80s pop culture. we're talking today about the gay rights revolution, the moral revolution, the legal revolution that we've experienced and very significant historical moment that happened this week with the president's coming out and saying he favors marriage equality. and we were talking about the arc of the battle for gay rights with state senator tom doyne there. and to me, the most striking thing is to cast one's memory back just eight years ago. that is what is -- as someone whoa this is written in the span that i've been covering politics reported on elections. this is george w. bush getting on national television to endorse a constitutional amendment, which we should note is the policy of the current republican nominee. this is him giving a radio address endorsing a constitutional i manedment for gay marriage. >> the yoon of of a man and woman in marriage is the endu