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president has to step in. >> as washington republicans walk out, new york republicans still one vote shy of marriage equality. >> the marriage equality bill lingers in albany. >> one vote short. >> making new york the most populace state and the sixth state in the country to legalize marriage equality. as new yorkers fight for marriage equality, the president is in new york, asking for their help on his campaign. >> same supporters who are not happy with the president's refusal to support gay marriage. >> manhattan fund raiser. >> 600 at the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ...

when it comes time to reduce the deficit, to give tax breaks. >> a tax hike cannot pass by the u.s. house of representatives. >> did come as quite a shock to a lot of people. >> eric cantor said that the president has to step in. >> as washington republicans walk out, new york republicans still one vote shy of marriage equality. >> the marriage equality bill lingers in albany. >> one vote short. >> making new york the most populace state and the sixth state in the country to legalize marriage equality. as new yorkers fight for marriage equality, the president is in new york, asking...

Check out this facebook status. >> the executive director of freedom to marry and senior fellow for policy studies at the family research council. gentlemen, thanks for joining me this morning. mr. wolfson, your reaction to what john boehner is saying. >> well, what john baner is doing, what speaker baner is doing, is inserting the house into a case in court that the president and the attorney general have said should not be defended. what's being done in this case is a challenge to the so-called defense of marriage act, which says that the federal government's practice of honoring marriages t...

That laws enacted by both parties in correct me if i'm wrong and signed into law by president bill clinton, i might add, should be defended in court. >> all right. gentlem gentlemen, i want to thank you for coming on today. peter sprigg, evan wolfson, appreciate your time. drenching rain has triggered massive flooding across the northeast, and forecasters say the washouts are only going to be getting worse. new jersey governor chris christie declared a statewide emergency wednesday night mobilizing the national guard and state police to help evacuate residents. still hundreds of homes lie in...

Benefits of marriage to a type of relationship that is incapable of ever creating children. that undermines the whole purpose of the institution. and it sends a message to society that children don't need a mother and father. and that's simply false. the social science shows children do best when they have a mother and father. >> mr. wolfson, when we hear that side of the argument, what is the practicality of moving forward in trying to say that there is equality needed on this front? >> right. well, first of all, let's be clear. many children in this country are being raised by their gay pare...