didn't get married in a church, i just cared that the government recognizes my marriage that's what i care b i don't care about a church recognizing my marriage, i care about the government recognizing my marriage. and as it stands right now, on a federal level, the government doesn't. is it time to put that into the republican platform? >> contessa, the issue here is we are not forcing churches to marry anybody that they don't want to. >> right. it is a civil issue. >> we did away with that with segregation. didn't force churches to marry couples of a different racial background. it didn't happen then and it's not going to happen now, if the federal government decides that it wants to recognize relationships between two men or two women. there's going to be no pushing of any kind of agenda on churches. they have the ability to continue making this decision for themselves. >> absolutely. but in terms of the republican platform, i'm asking is it time to include that issue on the republican platform? >> it is a very conservative nature to say that power should be vested in one's fam and that our families are the building