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edge" show they said they were ready to come back but not just yet. >> we'll go back to wisconsin. it's just the first of many battles. it's absolutely essential that we go back and fight this. we join the citizens of wisconsin who have been demonstrating and protesting and writing letters and doing everything they can to tell the governor that this cannot be -- this cannot be the future of wisconsin. we are going to be back there shoulder to shoulder, arm to arm to fight this battle right along with them. >> but not tomorrow. >> but not tomorrow. >> reporter: as you heard there at t...

That we see from places like massachusetts, vermont, iowa, canada, south africa, that ending marriage discrimination helps families and hurts no one. the more people have a reality on which to judge this instead of scary right-wing rhetoric and fear mongering, the more people move in support of this. >> to miss gallagher's point, she was saying the court said there's a right to gay marriage. the court wasn't saying there's a right to gay marriage. they were saying that everybody has a right to marry that is a fundamental right. >> that's exactly right. my organization -- >> that's -- >> excuse...

To demonize and undermine the courts. we need to stand up for that. >> miss gallagher, this is probably going to go to the supreme court. given the conservative nature of the court right now, are you confident that they would not -- that they will uphold proposition 8? >> i'm optimistic. this isn't the first federal judge to strike down a marriage amendment. it happened in nebraska in 2005. the 8th circuit immediately rejected the idea that there's a right to gay marriage in our constitution, which doesn't exist. and we think the reason -- you know, this case was pushed by two straight guys wi...

You're saying -- >> when it's rooted in our constitution, yes. >> okay. that's all i wanted to know. >> like the racial discrimination in the 14th amendment. >> that's all i'm asking. >> but this is a big stretch to imagine that our founding fathers were banning gay marriage in passing our constitution -- >> mr. wolfson -- >> i think many people will recognize that. >> she raise point a lot of people raise is why should one judge be able to overturn the will of the people? >> well, it's not just one judge. it's the whole system of courts and an independent judiciary. it's the whole idea of a c...

Different conceptions of what marriage ought to be. evan wolfson with freedom to marry joins us now, and maggie gallagher of the national organization for marriage. appreciate both of you coming on. mr. wolfson, where does the battle go from here as far as you're concerned? >> well, this is a very important step on the road to victory, but we have a long way to go. there are many twists in the road for this case. >> federal appeals is the next step, federal appeals court? >> that's right. this case will certainly be appealed and it will go to the 9th circuit federal appellate court in californ...