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Decision to come to this case is very gripping. you really do pay proper dues to the movement that came before you also talk about a personal motivation. the movement to end anti-gay discrimination is the defining issue of the first half of the 21st century. why choose this particular case, proposition 8, as a way into that snsh. >> two reasons. first, i was asked to come into it, to the case. so it presented an opportunity. second, california was a particularly attractive venue to fight this issue. one thing, california is the largest state. 10% of the american people live there. so if you co...

Plaintiffs who put their lives out there. they went in a federal courtroom and spoke about some of the harms done to them by laws like proposition 8. for people to get to know them and understand what that means for california families was a big deal and that was part of what these people were doing, was trying to get that message out to everyone in the country. >> it's one thing to be for it. it's another thing to take a stand for it and be a plaintiff in a case, and it's another thing to be the subject of a documentary that required a lot of the subjects of your film. how did you support the...

What the result of that case will be. an amazing phenomenon. since the supreme court struck down doma, the defense of marriage act, last year, 14 judges have considered bans on same-sex marriage or recognizing same-sex marriages. all of them have struck down those bans. so clearly the federal judiciary is moving in the direction of strike down them all, but the supreme court has not spoken on the issue. i think the odds are at this point they will say same-sex marriage is constitutionally required but it's not a sure thing. >> the legal question still remaining, the infringeable right of gays ...

California's proposition 8 is also evolving as he plans his daughter's wedding to her girlfriend. he's not the only one who's evolve on the issue. here's president obama back in 2010. >> with respect to the issue of whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married, i've spoken about this recently. as i've said, my feelings about this are constantly evolving. >> we all know just how far he's come. two years later telling abc's robin roberts he now supports marriage equality. according to author joe becker, before leaving for that interview the first lady told her husband, "enjoy this day...

Back. so some of those viewers are the left. my mother watches it, and she's as liberal as they come. there are moments in which we as americans decide to vote with our feet, with our pocket books as well as with the ballot booth. that's what's happening here. >> let me ask you, emily. in this case, let's take the mozilla case. we've got the pressure was clearly to get rid of the ceo for something that he did six years ago that reflected the same view that barack obama and hillary clinton had. it was about shutting done the viewpoint of somebody else. >> yeah. it was the new ceo of mozilla gav...