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Concerns that were troubled him in his final days. but how do you think, rev, that his passing and as we look at the celebration we remember the legacy. we remember the transformation of this man that can help raise up the questions that still exist of equality today. not only in south africa, but internationally as an example. >> i think that it will bring us to a point in the middle of all of our celebrating and remember his legacy, i think that clear voices must say but now let us deal with mandela and madiba as he's affectionately called. why is he given all of this admiration? why the cel...

Marriage equality as a part of a civil rights movement of modern day times? >> you know, as i listened to my own daughters and the younger generation talk about the discrimination against gays and lesbians and marriage in particular, it reminds me of the fight of the '60s for racial equality all across america and the arguments are the same. the idea that domestic partnerships are somehow separate but equal. we learned that argument doesn't work in the '60s. it doesn't work any better today. it's time for us in the state of washington where we embrace and respect diversity to understand it's o...

Civil rights movement of modern day times? >> you know, as i listened to my own daughters and the younger generation talk about the discrimination against gays and lesbians and marriage in particular, it reminds me of the fight of the '60s for racial equality all across america and the arguments are the same. the idea that domestic partnerships are somehow separate but equal. we learned that argument doesn't work in the '60s. it doesn't work any better today. it's time for us in the state of washington where we embrace and respect diversity to understand it's our greatest strength. i can't -- ...