that he personally now supports the right of same-sex couples to get married, president obama had come out against that north carolina marriage ban that passed last night. he also said he is against the marriage ban that's going to be on the ballot in minnesota in november. in new jersey right now, marriage would be legal for same-sex couples under legislation passed by the new jersey house and senate earlier this year, but that legislation was vetoed by new jersey governor chris christie. he has tried to make himself not seem too anti-gay for having vetoed marriage rights for new jersey, that would exist without his veto. he says that, frankly, he thinks it's just better to put things like this up to a statewide vote, as a general principle. >> the fact of the matter is that i think people would have been happy to have a referendum, you know, on civil rights, rather than fighting and dying in the streets, in the south. >> think about that for a second. instead of protecting african-american civil rights in