states because the states determined that those marriages should be entitled to the same protection and dignity of marriage that opposite sex couples have when they get married and the federal government can't discriminate because it doesn't like same-sex marriages. >> andrew, where do you rank it? >> i agree with amy. i think that especially the windsor case on doma is a very important case for gay rights. not just because of its holding and what it does for the federal issue here, which is basically saying that anyone who has a legal same-sex marriage has to be treated as married by the federal government. but also i think there's a number of things in the opinion from the court that at least suggests potential successes in future challenges by gay rights advocates. i think a lot of the language the court used in its opinion, talking about the special dignity of these unions and talking about the way that the children in same-sex unions feel about their parents and how the government should not be discriminating are things that lawyers who are bringing