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This decision does not go to any other state. simply this california dispute. bill: again for our viewers if you're just tuning in the ninth circuit in northern california, that decision has been vacated and the lower court ruling stands, which means the lower court ruling ruled against proposition 8, against the voters of california who said marriage should be defined between a man anda woman bya 50-47 vote in 2008. to bret in a moment. first the judge on the split of justices. >> ththe decision today bill is not on the merits of same-sex marriage. heights not on whether or not california can...

Attleborough. bill: molly, apologize for that. in the meantime. there has been a decision handed down at least one of the two cases regarding gay marriage in america that we expected today from the u.s. supreme court. apparently that decision is in regard to the defense of marriage act. it was signed into law passed by congress and signed by president clinton in 1996. it has been challenged and the u.s. supreme court was asked to question whether or not it was within the constitutional rights or not as to whether certain americans could be denied federal protections under law if indeed they we...

Doma. the real question is what happens with prop 8? and as shannon mentioned, and you talked about, there are some indications in some of the writing here of this opinion, that a number of the justices may have issues with the jurisdiction question. i'd be interested to hear the judge on this. because i think there are sometimes in these cases that are related little hints about what may be coming foreshadowing what the decision might be on pro*fp 8. bill prop 8. bill: that could be the case. justice scalia -- >> they are running out. bill: oftentimes that indicates that a decision has been h...

Reach the merits. but everything that the supreme court said in the defense of marriage opinion, where they did reach the merits, demonstrates that when that case finally does come to the united states supreme court on the merits, marriage equality will be the law throughout this land. our plaintiffs now get to go back to california and together with every other citizen of california marry the person they love. [cheering] [applause] >> and the next step is to translate the promise that was reaffirmed today in the doma case that every citizen in every state has the right to marry the person tha...

Knew. it's nothing new to him. he knew this all along. like i said, there was members of the vatican there. letters were sent to them. jon: what is the vatican's response? >> reporter: no aparoleys from pope -- no apologies from pope john. church law doesn't specify exact penalties for this type of thing. ththe decision not to defrock murphy -- by the time they got to it, he was old and he was sick. this comes at a time when we are watching more scandals coming from ireland and germany surrounding the vatican, the pope and the catholic church. they probably didn't need this right now. jon: tha...