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The earlier cases that we cited in our briefs, there s five votes including justice kennedy justice ginsberg and justice justice once the case was finally decided because of the inherent rights of individuals, we can count the justices that already decided the defensive marriage case and their explanation why they decided that. does it matter if it s 5-4 or 6-3? does it have a different impact? i think civil rights cases ought to be decided 9-0, 8-1 the way the civil rights decisions were largely made. it sends a message this country doesn t tolerate discrimination. i think the more justices that sign on, the better. i think if you just look at, you ....
Now, there may have been a policy reason to reenforce that, which was to let the progress develop a little bit further. we had less than half the country with marriage equality. overwhelmingly, it s taken over the country. just in the last couple of years you ve seen a tremendous movement that i think makes it easier now for the supreme court to make that total decision. is it possible the supreme court could basically, i hate to use this phrase but split the baby and say that states have to recognize, all 50 states have to recognize same-sex marriages but individual states cannot issue licensees? i don t believe that s going to happen. as david pointed out when our case the proposition 8 case came to the supreme court the next day the court heard the defense, federal defense of marriage case. they were both decided the same day. what the supreme court said in the defense of marriage case which was called the windsor case was that the laws like the ....
Policy reason to reenforce that, which was to let the progress develop a little bit further. we had less than half the country with marriage equality. overwhelmingly, it s taken over the country. just in the last couple of years you ve seen a tremendous movement that i think makes it easier now for the supreme court to make that total decision. is it possible the supreme court could basically, i hate to use this phrase but split the baby and say that states have to recognize, all 50 states have to recognize same-sex marriages but individual states cannot issue licensees? i don t believe that s going to happen. as david pointed out when our case the proposition 8 case came to the supreme court the next day the court heard the defense, federal defense of marriage case. they were both decided the same day. what the supreme court said in the defense of marriage case which was called the windsor case was that the laws like the federal statute that restricted ....
Rights of individuals who wish to get married to the same person was demeaning and disrespected their relationship. it took away their constitutional rights. if you read what the supreme court said in that case there is really no other way for the supreme court to come out in the case that s up for argument on tuesday. the first part of that case is whether states have to recognize the rights of individuals who wish to get married in that stays. i think that will end the debate there. it does seem obvious you can see the federal government saying you ve got to recognize this is the way it works. you don t think they ll draw a states line here? no, i don t. because what the supreme court said in the federal case, they were talking not so much they mention states rights, but they were talking about the impact on the individuals in a relationship and the children of those relationship. how it took away their rights. it made their relationships less equal, second class. those sorts of ....
The defense of marriage case, which was called the windsor case, was that the laws like the federal statue that restricted rights of individuals who wished to get married to the same person was demeaning, it disrespected their relationship, it took away their constitutional rights. if you read what the supreme court said in that case, there is really no other way for the supreme court to come out in the case that s up for argument on tuesday. the first part of that case is whether states have to recognize the rights of individuals who wish to get married in that state. i think that will end the debate right there. seems obvious. going to the states rights argument the federal government going no, no, no, you have got to recognize the way it works. what the supreme court said in the federal case, they mentioned states rights but they were talking about the impact on the individuals in a relationship and the children of those relationships, how it took away their rights, it made the ....