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They fell in love, spent 44 years together and eventually, in 2007, they got married. >> we heard from literally hundreds of people, little playmates and schoolmates and friends and relatives all congratulating us and sending love because we were married. so it's a magic word, for anybody who doesn't understand why we want it and why we need it, okay. it is magic. >> their story is a story of millions of couples who find love in this country, except that edie and thea were gay. and because of that, the rules were different. and edie was widowed in 2009, she owed state and federal taxes. >> in ...

>> the moment that struck people was this one. edie windsor, the plaintiff in this case explains why she fought so hard and so long for the right to marry. >> it's a magic word for anybody who doesn't understand why we want it and need it. it is magic. >> nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is taking a break and joininginous studio to break down what we witnessed over the last two days. what's the sense. we learn a decision to early this summer, but what will we be left with? >> at least five justices seem willing to strike down demma for different reasons. it seems like the four most li...

Mean little playmates and schoolmates and colleagues and friends and relatives all congratulating us and sending love because we were married. so it's a magic word for anybody who doesn't understand why we want it and why we need it, okay, it is magic. >> jeffrey toobin, joe johns, both inside the court for the hearings today. so, jeff, first of all if you would for our viewers, just remind them of what this case is about that led to this historic arguments that were made. >> well, the defense of marriage act passed in 1996 and signed by bill clinton into law says that the federal government w...

And maybe we were older than that at that point. but the fact is that everybody treated us as different. it turns out marriage is different. and i asked a number of long range couples, gay couples, who they got married, i asked them, was it different the next morning? and the answer is always yes. it is a huge difference. okay. when our marriage appeared in the new york times, we heard from literally hundreds of people, i mean, playmates and schoolmates and colleagues and friends and relatives, all congratulating us and sending love, because we were married. so it is a magic word for anybody w...

That point. but the fact is that everybody treated it different. turns out marriage is different. okay. and i've asked a number of long range couples -- gay couples who they got married. i've asked them, you know, was it different the next morning and the answer is always yes. it's a huge difference. when our marriage appeared in "new york times," we heard from literally hundreds of people. little play mates and schoolmates and colleagues and friends and relatives all congratulating us and sending love because we were married. so it's a magic word for anybody who doesn't understand why we want...