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Well, this civil war within the gop obviously is raging right now. but can a party vehemently against gay marriage win in a country where a majority of people across the board support gay marriage? robin armstrong, republican national committeeman from texas, gregory angelo executive director of the log cabin republicans. gentlemen, this is sort of an amazing thing to watch right now because you've got these couple of strains in republican party which are real, traditional and valid. you've got the libertarian strain which goes back to barry goldwater, live and let live. at the end of his life...

This isn't normal english. you don't have to say one man and one woman or one guy and one guy. >> i don't think it's strange at all. >> why do you say one man and one woman? why do you say one? >> as opposed to two men and one woman. i think it's important. it's important. >> doctor, you know english as well as i do. what's wrong with saying a man and a woman? >> there is a concern, there is a concern that if you legalize this marriage, then the definition will be open to all sorts of -- >> you're not listening. what's wrong with just saying a man and a woman in what's wrong with saying a man ...

0 get 50 votes in the senate on the background check, itself? can they get 60 votes to clear a filibuster? can they get the one vote, the speaker of the house, to schedule the vote in the house? can they get 218 votes in the house to actually pass it? then, of course, get the signature of the president to make it law? so these are the numbers. 50. 60. one. 218. and one. five gates to pass through for us to have a stronger background check to become part of the law. pia carusone is former chief of staff to congresswoman gabby giffords and now runs the group, americans for responsible solutions....

0 >> you have 52 democrats. you need seven republicans, to be blunt about, it to clear a filibuster. >> yes, we cleared the filibuster. >> to begin the debate. >> exactly. but we're not looking for 60. we're looking for a lot more than that. >> i'm worried about getting the 60, not getting a lot more than that. you're so frisky about this. you're already talking about more than 60. >> we're headed to the house. the house is goal. >> i think there are pickups you can look at. mark kirk -- >> he's already on my list. i counted him. >> you counted him. susan collins. maybe even john mccain you ha...

>> there are some individuals that say we need to get the government out of the marriage business. there are some people say we only need to recognize civil unions as john mentioned. what i would say there any of those legislators, putt forth a bill that abolishes marriage in the united states and makes everything civil unions. i don't think we're going to have much success during that. i couldn't see democrats or republicans putting forth a bill like that. given the reality we're in, given the reality of marriage in the united states as an institution that excludes gay individuals w...