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Prison of sorts. >> for a gay man, there were so many times in my life where i felt filled with shame and guilt and ugliness and now to move through this. i hope to do that for these women. >> joining us now, our form he governor jim mcgreevey and the filmmaker behind that documentary, thank you both for being here. and governor, i want to start with you on the news of the week. what is your take on the supreme court's taking up doma and proposition 8 this week? >> well, obviously, it is a very interesting and exciting week. and to go back eight years, one would have never expected to see such...

"washington post." and michael crowley of "time" this week's cover, two guys kiss, an alternative position of two women. who are you doing with this magazine? why this week after all this time of being tame "time"? >> we had a breast-feeding cover that caused a stir a year ago. our covers have been wonderfully provocative. why now? the point of the story is, however the court rules, we have reached, we have crossed a cultural rubicon. >> dr. carson, they're comparing a gay loving relationship between two adults with animal sex, with whatever, with predatory or whatever. >> i thought it was pre...

This was something that i think a lot of people thought maybe they added on, this question of whether or not the sponsors of proposition 8 had a legal right to defend proposition 8 when the attorney general of california and governor of california weren't going to do so. they thought this was the justices dotting their i's and crossing t's. it was a question and a little role reversal, the court's four more liberal justices maybe trying to stave off an actual ruling on the merits seemed to support the idea that the sponsors of the initiative couldn't come into court and defend it, and it seeme...

The equal protection clause of the constitution gives gay couples and lesbian couples the right to marry, to have that most cherished relationship. in the case of doma, what you'll see is five justices coming together on states rights issues, that they can't countermand states that decide that same-sex marriage ought to be legal, it can't countermand that decision by withholding benefits. that leaves open the question for the rest of the country as to whether there is an equal protection challenge here. that's the disappointing thing. while the courts are sheepishly are going to take the wease...

Whether or not the sponsors of proposition 8 had a legal right to defend proposition 8 when the attorney general of california and governor of california weren't going to do so. they thought this was the justices dotting their i's and crossing t's. it was a question and a little role reversal, the court's four more liberal justices maybe trying to stave off an actual ruling on the merits seemed to support the idea that the sponsors of the initiative couldn't come into court and defend it, and it seemed like the chief justice might be sympathetic to that position as well. >> elizabeth birch, am...