Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130627:08:30:00
You shouldn't discriminate against gay people because they're gay, or it may happen on a states rights grounds. there was reference to states rights, to federalism. that was referenced in the ruling, it seems like it wasn't the main thrust of the ruling, is that right? >> i agree. this committee did what we have to do, and one of the things that we said that was so pernicious about doma, and showed what was really at stake, it was a statute about denigrating gay people, it was the first time ever, in our country's history, where the federal government failed to respect the marriage laws of the...