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I mean the campaign to pass proposition 8 relied on stereotypes to show that same-sex relationships are inferior to opposite-sex relationships. the stereotypes are not based in fact. he makes claims about the health of children in gay families. it's a bold, bold ruling. in terms of the federal and national implications for this, dolly, obviously this is narrowly about proposition 8 in california. this was a federal court ruling. does this have implications for other states? >> well, not immediately. and, in fact, judge walker was very careful in his own closing arguments and when he was talkin...

Over the judge staying his order. today, in other words, judge walker almost immediately stayed his order. and he's going to let the parties decide. i think the papers are due actually -- it's definitely expedited. but i think by friday they have to get the filings in. and then he's going to make a decision, i'm hearing, on tuesday about whether or not this is going to be stayed pending an appeal. so we have already a fight over a stay. and then over and above that, as you say, there's going to be an appeals process, both sides had intended to appeal. the end game here is always to get this be...

Gay rights supporters in that state and possibly around the country. but judge walker, who's a george h.w. bush appointee, judge walker not only struck down california's gay marriage ban as unconstitutional, he also probably set the stage for what will be the next big court fight and the next big political fight. the anti-gay marriage side that was defeated in this case is already filed paperwork expressing intention to appeal the decision. he should expect to hear lots of excerpts from judge walker's ruling. not only in the legal discussion, but i think you'll hear it in the political fight t...

Airport coming home from a european vacation with a really cute blond boy who he tried to explain away as his luggage handler? that guy turns up in the most amazing way in this court ruling today from california. not the rent boy, the anti-gay guy who hired the rent boy for his baggage. he turns up in a ruling. you sort of won't believe how. that's next. on your next business trip, pack your marriott rewards visa card. get triple points every time you use your card at marriott.

You try those things against the constitution, and the constitution restrict the things that americans can make laws about, so those laws don't infringe on our constitutionally protected rights. that's sort of the big idea in this country. that's sort of the big idea that is this country. america, come for the religious liberty. stay for the rock-ribbed constitutional guarantees of all your other rights. today for the first time in our nation's history, a federal court put the issue of a state ban on gay marriage to the constitutional test. the results were blistering. a federal judge in calif...