that does not mean that the whole country is on the same path to marriage equality. take pennsylvania, for example, this show recently reported that in montgomery county, the guy in charge of issuing marriage licenses announced he would issue those licenses to gay people despite a 16-year-old gay marriage ban in his state. the state technically banned gay marriage, but he would give them marriage licenses anyway. as bruce haynes told rachel, he did it because it was the right thing to do. >> it's one thing to talk about this academically, you have two folks come in and ask for this recognition of their union. that puts it in an entirely different framework. it's not academic any more. it's not atherial. i've been speculating as to the number of people who are going to show up today. it was going to be zero or a line around the block. it turned out to be five. >> it was five couples the first day, and as of yesterday it's 34.