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Is there language that republicans can come up with now, molly, that is similarly sort of speaking to the center of the country while not abandoning their beliefs? >> they need help. >> they need a smart consultant like maddy without putting a cowboy boot in their mouths. you notice that democrats want to talk about women's health, they want to talk about planned parenthood. they don't want to use the word abortion. when you have someone like rick perry turning this into a personal attack on woman's choices that disstrakts from the issue. >> we'll be back. never fear. how many of the supreme c...

Overcomes the purpose to injure those by the state's marriage laws sought to protect personhood and dignity. on grounds that doma which passed bipartisan support should not be second guessed by the support. chief justice roberts went the other way on california's proposition 8 ban, kicking it back to the state, paving the way for same-sex marriage there to resume. it's a thumbnail sketch of how they weighed the case. at the end of the day for people on both sides of the issue, it's not just a constitutional question or legislative matter. it's very personal. for edie windsor who brought the ca...

The second ruling handed down was on proposition 8. they decided that the petitioners didn't have standing. your take on both of these, stir. >> not shocked with either one, actually. i think in the defense of marriage act case, important to realize what was at stake was just the one provision, which is if a state allows the same-sex marriage, same-sex couples to marry, they are to be given benefi benefits under federal benefits rules. a federalist argument, it should be up to the states in the first place. section two of doma says if there is a same-sex marriage performed in new york state, i...

In overwhelming numbers. >> reporter: one of the lawyers who led the case at the supreme court says bring it on. >> in five years, our goal is to have marriage equality throughout the country. i think it's achievable. >> reporter: support for same-sex marriage has grown over the years. 55% supported it. two years ago, 51%. four years ago, it was far less. there's still a long way to go. as of now, 12 states in the district of columbia voted to allow same-sex marriage. 36 states forbid it. california voted for it and against it. now the supreme court declined to rule on proposition 8. >> there'...

Scalia's defense, the first part, really says the court shouldn't have heard the case. the courts aren't to be the final arbiters of these decisions. proposition 8 case is a punt. the court said there is no standing, so merit decision here, sent back down not to the court of appeals, but district court in the southern district of california, they would allow same-sex marriage to take place, maybe the state of california doesn't go broader than that. no holding there was a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, so, again, not surprised at that one either. i thought the standing issue was si...