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No rational basis for the different treatment of gays and individuals with respect to marriage. the massachusetts judge did pretty much the same thing with the federal defense of marriage statute. so the cases resonate with one another. they make a strong collective case for ending discrimination on this basis. >> one of the things that is remarkable about this case is the fact that the two of you are arguing it together. obviously coming from very different places in term of your own affiliations with democratic and republican parties, your own political views. but you come together on this i...

Lot of fishermen were talking to me about and the government saying they are doing long-term studies but they don't know. >> right. very much so. yesterday the epa came out with the second phase of the study looking at dispersant issue. they tested all eight dispersants and mixed them with louisiana sweet crude which is what spilled here. they said they found that the oil and the dispersants mixed together were no more toxic than the oil itself. well, it is sort of like good news/bad news. that's okay except oil is toxic. it doesn't mean it is harmless and that's just in the short term situati...

Someone already is. you know, the night that the gay marriage ban passed in california back in november 2008, gay people and gay rights supporters took to the streets in anger during what was an otherwise joyous election night. obama was just elected president. but in california, that was prop 8. today some of the same protesters were back in the streets, this time celebrating, celebrating a dramatic and provocative reversal. we'll be joined by david boyes and ted olson, the two attorneys who won the case against prop 8 today. first, we're joined by slate.com's legal correspondent and senior e...

Be raised by two moms or two dads. mr. blankenhorn wrote that he never met george riekers or read any of his writings. it turned out that wasn't true. bl blankenhorn wrote his own correction letter to "the times" on june 3rd admitted did he consult his work in preparing his testimony on behalf of prop 8. mr. rekers and his narth association for curing the gay people, he also turned up in the testimony of another anti-gay marriage guy who appeared at this trial. now this witness was actually called as an adverse witness. he was called by david boyes and ted olson. he was called by the side seek...

That ted and i working together on this case sends is that this is not a republican or democratic issue. not a could nservative or liber issue. it's a human rights issue. this was a great victory for gays and lesbians and the children that they raise. it's also great victory for all americans, for anybody who has ever been discriminated against because of the different color or different creed, indeed all americans who have an interest in equality. i that i is a common value of all of us, not just conservatives, not just liberals. and i would hope that the supreme court would rejoice in this a...