not they are going to take them up. i think they will take one. there is nine they have to consider can respect to gay marriage. some involve prop 8 out in california. some involve the defense of marriage act which is a federal law signed byident clin. that defines marriage as between a man and a woman for federal purposes and says, hey, if texas recognizes, well, maybe if vermont recognizes gay marriage but texas doesn't and the couple moves to texas, texas is under no obligation to recognize that marriage. that's one of the things that defense of marriage act does. >> bill: what it all comes down to i think on the umbrella issue of whether homosexual americans are being denied the right to do something that heterosexual americans are k. do. that's what it comes down to. >> these cases aren't necessarily going to force the court to consider that issue though. >> bill: that's the issue. >> larger issue that same sex marriage proponents want to come before the supreme court at some point. i don't know if they want it to come before this particular court. for years now there has been a movement to try to build support for gay marriage in