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Yesterday. the president does oppose same saex marria sex marriage but supports quality for gay and lesbian couples and benefits and other issues. that has been effectuated in federal agencies under his control. he supports civil unions and have that's been his position throughout. nothing has changed. >> got that? so the line from the administration is that barack obama does not want gay people to be allowed to be married. but when gay people can be married and other people are trying to take away that right, like in california, he doesn't want the right to be taken away. but he's not in favo...

Outraged republicans? where are you? you guys used to be so good at this. >> marriage is a special institution between a man and a woman. and our constitution and laws should reflect that. >> when you do these vast social experiments -- and that's what this is when you redefine marriage -- it's a vast social experiment. >> marriage is between a man and a woman. >> constitutional amendment is necessary. if enacted, it would ban illegitimate marriages. >> there is no civiliation that supported gay marriage that has survived for long. >> isn't awful what happened to scandinavia? not only was it a...

Committee to get republicans elected to the senate blasted out a mass e-mail ignoring the prop 8 ruling and instead railing against obama-care. ignoring yesterday's republican wedge issue in favor of old news that passed months ago. a state ban on gay marriage has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal court for the first time in american history. and the crusading protectors of marriage in the republican party, who love to run on this issue, instead are hiding. come out, come out wherever you are. joining us is msnbc contributor jonathan alter, author of the new book, "the promise." mr. a...

Is quite important with more establishment republicans, is the role of ted olson in this case. he has great credibility within the republican party establishment. >> last night he told me in an interview right after the ruling, he said he feels like conservatives are moving his way. he hasn't felt like he's had to pay a lot of conservative price for having taken the stand that he took. >> right. because he was out front and because he has a lot of the facts on his sided -- this is the other thing. you have a certain number of conservatives who recognize that the legal arguments for prop 8 were...

Designed to end up on republican placards and bloody hand-printed campaign buses. he wrote this. the gay marriage exclusion exists at a time when the genders were seen as having disit tinkt roles in society and marriage. that time has passed. come on, where is the republican party? karl rove, where are you? what happened to your gay marriage as your great wedge issue such where's the republican party making political hay to run on in november? this is a longshore curve ball over the plate for republicans. if you want to be blunt about political opportunity for republicans, consider where presi...