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Be legal and marriage should only be between a man and a woman, because, in their view, marriage is about procreation. that was the argument of prop 8 supporters before the court. the petitioners responding said, no, proposition 8 violates their equal protection clauses under the constitution, that a woman and a woman, or a man and a man, should have every right to get married. as gloria noted earlier, as we await the decision, again, a big question. the court could issue a sweeping ruling that says yea or nay, on the rights of same-sex marriage, or questioning about standing, more limited que...

Case. tell us what your reaction is when you heard that decision. >> i completely disagree with your characterization. our objection was to defend proposition 8 and it's the law of land in the state of california. the supreme court said we didn't have standing to defend proposition 8. prop 8 is the law of california and remains so as of right now. >> won't be people of the same sex be able to get married starting maybe within a month in california. >> it makes it clear that marriage is only one man and one woman. the four plaintiffs ta brought this lawsuit have a right to get licenses issued t...

Say in the matter. they're leaving this to the states, essentially. in the opinion authored by justice kennedy, a 5-4 opinion, he says the statute's invalid for no legitimate purpose overcomes the effect to disparage and injure -- he wraps it by treating those people as less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the fifth amendment. essentially, jon, doma is unconstitutional. jon: but it's also important here to note what the court didn't do today, right? >> reporter: well, in both this decision and the decision that dealt with proposition 8, the court didn't make a swe...

But for every american and every person across the globe. this will have ripple effects in countries we don't even realize have lgbt concerns. >> reporter: we're moments away from the proposition 8 ruling. what is your sincerest hope for that? >> well, that either they'll rule it unconstitutional or at the very least they will honor the lower court ruling and decide not to hear the case. which i think is more probable, but we'll see. >> reporter: phil, thank you very much for joining us. a real sense of jubilation here, jake, after the first ruling. the second ruling may be minutes or seconds ...

Same-sex couples from the same benefits that straight couples get. >> the court weighing in on california's proposition 8. the justices said prop 8 supporters have no legal standing to defend the law. that ruling clears the way for same-sex marmgs to resume in california. >> joining us from the steps of supreme court is john easton. clearly this was not a winning day for you or your team. what do you make of the decisions from the supreme court? where do you go next? >> we think the court got it wrong in both decisions. section 2 remains in place. justice kennedy recognizes that the state's de...