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But as i said, we're going to keep fighting on all fronts in this battle and it may take another couple of years, but we'll get there. these two landmark decisions on this historic day paf that path. >> all right. thank you very much adam umhoeffer from the american foundation of equal rights. sorry if i mangled your name. >> no problem. >> i want to bring in the panel here. i'm going to mangle the word panel. let's talk about this. maggie, it seems like a sweeping decision, but when you break it down it seems a little less sweeping because it's really confined to 12 states. >> i want to cavea...

Them second class citizens. it's a law that appears to be based on primarily disapproval and it denies them equal protecti protection. it's the federal government discriminating. as justice kennedy says, doma writes discrimination into the u.s. code. it doesn't say what the other states have to do. as far as california, the simplest way to put this is the court says, you know what, it turns out that the people who got prop 8 on the ballot, who appealed the case to the supreme court, did not have the proper legal standing to do so. that may sound surprising. you may say, how come the supreme co...

To come into the u.s., he is not going to be for that, and he also does not think that there should be special laws allowing, letting gay couples have rights, special rights. >> and the supreme court may take it out of his hands, and he won't have the argue it anymore, and that is honestly on the democratic and the republican side they are waiting for the doma ruling which will then say, hey, you know, federal benefits have to be given to those where it is, where marriage is recognized and that is a federal law. >> and smart position for him though? he is to the center on immigration, but movi...

Justice kagan, make a pointed question about that point. >> because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we're not going to give marriage licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55, would that be constitutional? >> no, your honor, it would not be constitutional. >> reporter: so, zoraida, as we've said, we've heard these different points of view, these different lines of questions, which makes it really hard to guess exactly where the court will go. >> really interesting to read it as well and listen to it, and a little bit of humor h...

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