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>> you seem to suggest that somehow these folks over there had no responsibilities and my job is to somehow get them to behave. that's their job. they're elected, members of congress are elected, in order to do what's right for their constituencies and the american people. >> at the table we have jamelle, with us, joining us is ann holmes, maureen and monica potts, a senior writer at "american prospect." so, i guess there's a disclaimer on the clip we played from the corporates' dinner last week. i know it's sort of customary, the people who go to those things and presidents who speak at them ...

Their lives are not all satin and pearls. >> i'm an airman in the united states air force reserve. >> and i'm a police officer with the metropolitan police department here in d.c. >> which makes this couple a case study in how america's married but unequal approach to same-sex relationships can play out. >> as an airman, it's -- you get a constant reminder that, you know, you're second class. >> jamelle is a federal employee but the federal defense of marriage act bars same-sex marriage by the federal government which allows 1,000 separate benefits for spouses, everything from filing taxes and...

>> i'm a police officer with the metropolitan police department here in d.c. >> which makes this couple a case study in how america's married but unequal approach to same-sex relationships can play out. >> as an airman, you get a constant reminder that you're second class. >> jamelle is a federal employee but the federal defensive marriage act bar is recognition of same-sex marriage by the government which affects more than 1,000 federal benefits for spouses. everything from filing taxes and receiving death benefits to who gets called as next of kin. >> i had had to list her as my sister just ...

Hard to draw logically. but i guess what i wonder is why sean hannity and all of these republicans who came out to kind of lionize this guy didn't see the possibility that he might be a huge racist coming. i mean it's like it's -- it's every time this happens i think republicans get flatfooted by it, because they told themselves that like, you know, racial animosity isn't a propulsive force behind the conservative movement or certain republican policies and they have to believe that, you know, in order to keep -- to keep pushing them as if they're ideologically neutral. >> i want to bring up t...

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