because the death tax is bad tax policy. you can ask yourself this question. what if instead of being a lesbian couple, the two women in question were elderly sisters who lived together, loved each other, had shared their lives together all their life, one passed away, the other one was hit with the inheritance tax. is there any reason why the lesbian couple would deserve the tax break and not the two sisters? i think this is evidence to my mind that what we can do to fix this is craft better tax policy, not redefine marriage. >> the problem is, however, right now, estate tax for most people aren't a problem because it's a $5 million estate tax exemption. so if that had happened now, we wouldn't be in that situation but how about health benefits, how about social security? you are dealing in an economic situation right now where it's like are they really going to recraft tax policy, do you really think that's possible, is that what you think is going to happen? >> i think these are secondary issues.