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Since massachusetts has allowed same-sex marriage. none, literally none, zero of the predictions of negative effects have come true. so this is one more case of reality defeating prejudice. >> i just want to say, and stay with us for a second, congressman, we are learning from pete williams that justice scalia is reading from the bench, so it will be a little while, at least a few minutes, before we get the actual prop 8 ruling. but i know racheled wanted to talk. >> just a clarifying question on this. evan a long time ago had identified the experience of same-sex couples having some recogniti...

Years. actually, after the oral argument, you mentioned the supreme court. they came down to 44 steps of the supreme court and one of her lawyers said this is one step for every year this couple has been together. so that means that, you know, when her wife passed away, they were next of kin, in the eyes of new york state. but they were legal strangers in the eyes of the federal government and she got hit with a $363,000 estate tax she would not have had to pay. >> she would have paid zero if she was married to a man. >> that is correct. and so now those kinds of penalties are gone, because th...

Seeing over the internet about the case seem to suggest that justice kennedy has -- is enunciating a brand new standard. >> i want to bring in evan wilson, founder and president of freedom to marry. this is the only organization that's devoted solely to legalizing gay marriage. good morning, thanks for joining us. and your reaction. >> it's a momentous day for america. it's a momentous day for american families. the court did the right thing today. they got it wrong yesterday. but today was a big one. and what this does is it adds the moral weight of the federal government and in many instance...

>> is that what you read into this, kenji? >> i haven't read, so i'm just going off pete's report. one of the things that was predicted was that the court would say, this case may or may not be mare torous. this is a challenge to california's ban on same-sex marriage. you're not the right people to bring it. because like president obama, governor schwarzenegger said he would enforce but not defend. >> they could essentially bring back same-sex marriage to california if that's the case within weeks. >> that's exactly what will happen. i mean, if this -- if the ruling is what pete suggested, it ...

Everybody is expecting some of the rulings to be handed down on monday, but with so many cases to be announced, the justices will have to add at least one day after monday in order to make the announcements. the big cases everybody is waiting on, are still outstanding, affirmative action, called fisher versus texas, the court has to look at the admissions, justice kagan had to recuse herself from that. also still outstanding, a backbone civil rights law in our country, the voting rights act by which certain parts of the country with a legacy of rigging voting, they have to get any changes in t...