CNN The Situation Room January 23, 2014 23:27:00
>> well, i think the question that ultimately is going to need to be decided by the courts and ultimately the supreme court is whether the different states' bans on gay marriage violate the 14th amendment to the united states constitution. if you look at the cases that the supreme court ruled on last year, striking down section 3 of the defense of marriage act, justice kennedy wrote that state laws that treat same-sex cup ous as second class citizens violated the due process and equal protection of the constitution. it also sent back, although it did not rule on the ultimate issue, it sent bac...