it's a demographic thing, it's an age thing. there's going to be gay marriage in this country. the question is whether you're on the right side or wrong side. i think republicans can hurt themselves nationwide certainly by being opposed to it. >> speaking of bad positions to take. ryan, you're a denizen of washington, d.c., so you know one of the house stenographers went batty talking about freemasons writing the u.s. constitution just as these big pieces of legislation coming to the floor. on fox & friends hinted the stenographer was a victim of religious discrimination what she was doing was not a mental episode but exercise a gift of the spirit. if i exercised the gifts of the spirit on television the way the stenographer did on the floor of the house, i don't think i would have a job. >> if you haven't been recognized by the chair, even