discredited against gays civil rights issue, that is what makes this so so different. >> this law does not empower discrimination against anyone. this law simply says the government and the courts need to take into account our religious freedom. that is an important principle of american pluralism. the situation right now with this overreaction it's not just that jesus wouldn't recognize this jefferson wouldn't recognize this either. we need to have this open public square where we're able to come into it with our religious consequences and convictions in tact. >> robert back to you. whether you want to calling it howling at the moon or overreaction this has enlisted an emotional response. this is a political issue. the rhetoric has gotten so totally heated and i'm wondering, do critics have a fair point when politics is truly -- and emotions have been injected into both sides of