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Monumental year in the lbgt movement. state bans have been falling like dominos thrown out by the courts. in fact, just last week, the u.s. supreme court ruled that same-sex marriages can begin in florida next month. while that state's ban continues to make its way through the courts. another victory for the movement, indeed, but marriage is just one side of the fight for equality. joining us is jonathan lovitz. jonathan, welcome. >> great to be here. >> now, the u.s. lbgt community has enjoyed much success in 2014, but i'm curious looking out to 2015, what are the biggest obstacles you see fa...

Maybe you could up that to the death penalty. what is the further watering down of this and still make it meaningful or then it becomes beating the act of the nra is the -- >> that could be the thing, knocking the nra for the first time in decades would really give enthusiasm and energy to gun rights activists -- or not gun rights but gun control activists to push something through origin working on something later on. i mean, this will be a long battle. it took the nra a very long time to get to the point where politicians were afraid of it. it will take gun control advocates if not as long, ...

Devoted to the gay rights cause in part because of family members and are bank rolling candidates on that issue. that as much as anything else has been a huge boost to the lbgt movement. >> listen to john boehner that insists no matter how many relatives he has who may want marriage equality, he will never go there. listen to this. >> can you imagine yourself in a situation where you reversed your decision as portman has on gay marriage if a child of yours or someone you loved told you they were gay? >> listen, i believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. it's what i grew up ...

Were characterized on screen when he wrote the book. we were presented in ways that were not always so pretty. we were presented as psychopaths and serial killers or suicide victims. usually the gay or lesbian character was killed at the end of movie or the comic relief. vito was the first person to see how we were portrayed and did damage to the community. >> in bringing this documentary to life on hbo, was there a pivotal moment where vito shot to the forefront to become a collective guide to the lbgt movement. >> he joined the gay liberation movement. it was during the gay liberation moveme...

Promoting this ex-gay stuff, is this fringe stuff? >> i think it's fringe to most people, but in the anti-gay republican part of the party, this is seen as mainstream. they really do believe you can pray away the gay. and mitt romney should be ashamed of himself for supporting this in any way, shape, or form with his money. mitt romney has been very craven and absolutely disingenuous in his career. this is a guy who started out when he ran for senate against ted kennedy saying he'd be better for the lbgt movement because as a republican, he'd get more legislation passed. and then when he tried...