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About it, gay rights, marriage equality, these are civil rights issues of our generation. the supreme court will decide on doma and proposition 8 and anderson -- sorry, alan and the bored of exodus thought what side do we want to be on? >> it's interesting in one statement he said he feels their world view -- world view has not been fair to our fellow human beings to quote him and also has not been biblical, that it sounds like he wants some sort of an organization that is more welcoming, whatever that may mean. >> so alan -- i don't know that they can even define what the next chapter is goin...

Marriage. we could talk about this for an hour. the defense of marriage act, the case on that and also on proposition 8 out of california. these deal with two separate issues, both very important, and depending on how it's decided could create a lot of confusion for everyone in this country. what do you think is the most likely outcome in these two cases? >> boy, you know, i think it's very hard to predict, in part because there are so many moving parts in these cases. they could do so many different things. there are lots of procedural routes that could allow them to duck the tough issues. i ...

Court. same-sex marriage. 12 states and district of columbia recognize same-sex marriage. if doma is upheld by the supreme court, all those legal marriages in all those states will continue to get a giant go to hell from the federal government denying scores of legal benefits to the couples. the court will decide the constitutionality of california's proposition 8 in sch voters of that state decided to take away marriage equality from their fellow californians who had been granted that right by the state court. the roberts court still has all of these cases. my hunch is if you are justice robe...

If doma is upheld by the supreme court, all those legal marriages in all those states will continue to get a giant go to hell from the federal government denying scores of legal benefits to the couples. the court will decide the constitutionality of california's proposition 8 in which voters of that 8 decided by referendum to take away marriage equality from fellow californians who had been granted that right by the state court. the roberts court still has all of these cases. my hunch is if you are justice roberts and what you want to do, hypothetically, is get rid of affirmative action and ge...

Tomorrow. thank you very much, michael. in a few hours, the george zimmerman trial will focus once again now on the battle over who is heard screaming for help in the background of a 911 tape from the night trayvon martin was killed. we'll get the latest on why this is back as a focus in this hearing. plus the supreme court strikes down arizona's controversial law, requiring voters to show proof of citizenship to vote. but still no decision on major cases like proposition 8, doma, affirmative action or the voting rights act. what's taking so long? we'll take a look at that. plus massachuse...