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Right. we needed to do that and the defendants even agreed with that. the supreme court has ruled that 14 times in the last 100 years. second, we needed to prove that depriving gay and lesbian citizens of the right to marry seriously harmed them and seriously harmed the children that they were raising. and we proved that, too, not only through our witnesses but through the defense witnesses. >> can i interrupt on that point? i think it's significant. in effect, are you vaing you want gays and lesbians to be treated as a protected class like african-americans? in other words, the burden is so h...

>> medicare advantage. >> greta: medicare i'm sorry. if she lived in the state of florida she would get that coast deal they got for seniors in -- that cozy deal they for seniors in florida. >> the infamous gatorade provision denial of my -- how can it be anything about an arbitrary and capricious decision to say if you live in a few certain favored zip codes in the state of florida you keep a good program like medicare advantage. citizens in the other 49 states and every missouri senior is out of luck? that will not pass what the laws and the courts call a rational basis test. >> greta: you h...

>> medicare advantage. >> greta: medicare i'm sorry. if she lived in the state of florida she would get that coast deal they got for seniors in -- that cozy deal they for seniors in florida. >> the infamous gatorade provision denial of my -- how can it be anything about an arbitrary and capricious decision to say if you live in a few certain favored zip codes in the state of florida you keep a good program like medicare advantage. citizens in the other 49 states and every missouri senior is out of luck? that will not pass what the laws and the courts call a rational basis test. >> greta: you h...

Because colorado couldn't meet even rational basis test. forget about whether it's strict scrutiny or something close to strict scrutiny. it couldn't meet rational basis test because colorado couldn't articulate any good reason, maybe there is one out there, i don't know, but i said they have articulated nothing. >> let's continue on now with some other cases because it is a bit of a pattern. not a concurring opinion, but in the hobby lobby case you found the corporations were legal persons and could exercise their own religious beliefs. for me when it comes to campaign finances opens up the p...