170,000 biological, step or adopted children. joining me is director of communications for the family equality council. steven, it s nice to see you. as we saw on the steps spreext court this week, one of the couple bees hind the prop 8 suit, they brought their twin sons with them to the arguments. i want to play briefly what the kids had to say after the hearing, take a look. i just want to say how incredibly proud we are of our parents. we love them, we love our family, and we look forward to the day when we will be treated equally, just like our neighbors families. so, steve, what justice kennedy said this week about the families directly in california. what does that mean to lgbt families living across the u.s.? well thomas, i think clearly justice kennedy gets it. the court and our country cannot have a full understanding of the issues in this case, until they take into account the real-life