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Stonewall riots. they're named after a big riot up here about equal rights in new york city down in the village which gay rights advocates say began the movement for gay rights in this country. it also comes ten years to the day of another supreme court decision, the lawrence versus texas case which struck down anti-sodomy laws. well, the gay rights movement has made enormous gains in recent years and today's decision is the milestone showing how far it has come. jared is a democratic member of the congress from colorado. and richard was an advisor to the great bill clinton when he was preside...

>> this legal moment is possible because of the cultural moment. >> also because people run for office now openly. congressman, tell me, has the wall gone down in colorado as it has in say massachusetts or rhode island? >> it's interesting. in my sexual orientation has never been an issue in running for office. there are six openly gay members of the house. none of them come from gay mecca districts like san francisco. they're from regular suburban districts. river side, california, madison, wisconsin, suburbs of new york city. i'm from the suburbs of denver. it's never been an issue on the ca...

That phone call. >> he said, why are you following me for? and i heard a hard breath man saying what are you doing around here. then trayvon was going on and i heard a bump. i feel a feeling it was the bump of the headset. then i was calling trayvon. trayvon. and i start hearing him saying get off, get off. >> we turn to craig melvin who has been following the case for sanford, florida. and legal analyst lisa bloom. craig, what happened today of significance to the prosecution case? >> chris that, clip that you just played there was very significant. that's where they left off about 15 minutes...

When there is an african-american candidate for president, the black percentage of political activism has beaten the whites. this is a first, i'm not sure if it's an enduring pattern, but it happened for the first time. >> that's kind of a question, there's anecdotal evidence that i picked up that all this voter suppression activity or these attempts actually help motivate black voters in a lot of places and said, oh, no, they're not going to do that to me. big question as to whether in a midterm election, when you don't have the presidency at stake, and when you don't have barack obama runnin...

Against the folks who brought the case. that's important in my opinion because it underscores what we've always said. my marriage doesn't harm anybody else. and those who put that argument out are today made very clear, it's an absurd and baseless argument. >> christine, you'll be good for new york some day. i'd love to see you mayor of new york. i'm just kidding about this. we're pretty friendly. it is the new normal. i think you're fabulous and you would be great for the city. lieutenant governor gavin newsom has been on his way for years and once again has achieved his goal. equality. >> go...