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Profoundly affects american culture and how families are legally defined. cnn's joe johns outside the court. good morning, joe. >> good morning, carol. this case is very much about the pocketbook and what the federal defense of marriage act does when it treats same-sex couples differently than straight couples. the focus on a woman in her 80s name e ed eddie windsor when sht a huge tax bill when her spouse died. all followed by one day when the supreme court took up proposition 8 in california. same-sex marriage week at the supreme court. day one. culture war on the docket. >> the place for th...

>> i just wondered if the case was properly granted. the problem with the case is that you are really asking particularly because of the soes logical site for us to go into unchartered waters. >> unchartered waters. some justices tried to get to the heart of the matter. chief justice john roberts whose first cousin is a lesbian and was in the court asked whether supporters attempting to redefine the word marriage altogether. he was grilling ted olson, a lawyer arguing for same-sex marriage. here's that. >> so it's just about -- just about the label in this case. >> the label is -- >> same-sex ...

Few hours the supreme court will take on doma, the defense of marriage act. hearing arguments for and against its repeal. doma denies same-sex couples access to federal benefits under its definition of marriage as a union betwee a man and a woman. but there's a new cnn/orc poll and it shows that a majority of americans, 56%, believe the federal government should recognize same-sex marriages from states where it's legal. crime and justice correspondent joe johns is outside the supreme court for us this morning with that. and much more on yesterday's arguments, too. good morning. >> good morning...

And supporters. his wife holly petraeus was not in attendance. >> he actually opened with that and closed with that statement as well. the historic legal battle between tradition and equality shifts focus from proposition 8 to the defense of marriage act, or doma, as it's known. in a few hours, the supreme court will hear arguments for and against doma's appeal. it denies same sex couples access to benefits as it defines marriage as between a man and a woman. a california man is accused of trying to smuggle a cell phone into a convicted murder. craig hammond was arrested on sunday. he trie...

New cnn/orc poll to share with you this morning, a majority of americans, 56% believe the federal government should recognize same-sex marriages in states where it's legal. crime and justice correspondent joe johns outside the supreme court for us this morning. hey, joe. >> good morning, soledad. the federal defense of marriage act has been in place since 1996. it denies federal benefits to same-sex couples in nine states where same-sex marriage is legal. the question is whether that violates equal protection. this comes one day after the supreme court took up the controversial issue of califo...