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This ruling is a victory for jim obergefell and the other plaintiffs in this case. it's a victory for gay and lesbian couples who fought so long for their basic civil rights. it's a victory for their children whose families will now be recognized as equal to any other. it's a victory for the allies and friends and supporters who spent years, even decades working and praying for change to come. and this ruling is a victory for america. this decision affirms what millions of americans already believe in their hearts, when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free.

This decision will end the patchwork system we currently have, it will end the uncertainty hundreds of thousands same-sex couples face from not knowing if their marriage legitimate in the eyes of one state will remain if they decide to move or even visit another. this ruling will strengthen all of our communities by offering to all loving same-sex couples the dignity of marriage across this great land. in my second inaugural address i said that if we are truly created equal, that surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. it is gratifying to sew that principle enshrined in...

Look like? what are the next ten years going to look like? i think the answer is pretty clear. >> stand by. i want to go to dana bash. she's getting reaction from presidential candidates. how are they reacting to this historic landmark united states supreme court decision? >> it's very interesting because to a candidate they're all so far saying that they oppose the decision, but the big divide is what they want to do about it. and when it comes to jeb bush, when it comes to lindsey graham, they're very much saying, you know what, everybody, let's move on. in fact, i just got a statement from ...

Afresh and anew and roll up their sleeves and not harbor animosities you see in today's decision. >> same-sex marriage is now the law of the land. the united states joining 20 other countries, same-sex marriage is legal in every state here. but the fight, the culture war fight over same-sex marriage not necessarily over. there are questions over whether an evangelical baker will have to bake cakes for same-sex couples' weddings. >> that's where you'll see the action shift, is on the accommodation, the discrimination issues related to same-sex couples. there you have an intermix with free speec...

Be able to understand the pain. it shouldn't require a politician's son or daughter to be gay in order for them to re-evaluate it, but those types of divisions now are in the past. the court here has this transcendent moment for everyone that says we need to recognize that these people have equal rights, that they love each other and that they have a right for that love to be recognized in a marriage license. and you know, as we talked about the cases in the past, there aren't that many cases where the court has led the country on a divisive political question. but when it has, those have tend...