The federal case, geoff zirillo and paul katamy. There are rights that come along with marriage as well. The nine justices declined to rule on proposition 8, thereby upholding a lower courts decision that the ban was unconstitutional. You spoke to the proposition eight challengers in washington d. C. This week, our guests are the two couples who successfully challenge the californias ban on samesex marriage. Before the break, you heard from the two men. Now, my interview with chris perry and sandy steer. Right after the texas sodomy case, titime magazine came ou with two versions of their cover showing two very squared away, bushy looking gay couples and gay women. The headline was is marriage next . And i thought, wow. I hadnt even thought about it. Had you been thinking about it, chris . No. Actually, i think Marriage Equality seemed like a much more recent phenomenon although, of course, its not. The lawrence case is an example of sort of the worst kind of lgbt discrimination where
Be equal. The other couple involved in the federal case, geoff zirillo and paul katamy. There are rights that come along with marriage as well. The nine justices declined to rule on proposition 8, thereby upholding a lower courts decision that the ban was unconstitutional. You spoke to the proposition eight challengers in washington d. C. They have been a couple since 1998 and married last year. Was there a moment for a series or a series of moments where you realized that you were not just disappointed people, as a lot of people were in california after prop 8, but ready to join the fight, ready to put the bit in your teeth and actually take this to court . Your proposition 8 hurt. It hurt before it passed because the propaganda took a shift and the shift was to utilize this idea that children would be harmed, the institution of marriage would be harmed, heterosexual couples would no longer get married if you were to allow Marriage Equality. It was the propaganda that was filled with
You believe you are a second class citizen from the moment you recognize that you are gay or lebsian and until recently, you didnt think you ever would be equal. The other couple involved in the federal case, geoff zirillo and paul katamy. There are rights that come along with marriage as well. The nine justices declined to rule on proposition 8, thereby upholding a lower courts decision that the ban was unconstitutional. You spoke to the proposition eight challengers in washington d. C. The stream your Digital Community you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts its your chance to join the conversation the stream, only on Al Jazeera America this week, our guests are the two couples who successfully challenge the californias ban on samesex marriage. Before the break, you heard from the two men. Now, my interview with chris perry and sandy steer. Right after the texas sodomy case, titime magazine came ou with two versions of their cover showing two very squared away, bushy lookin
Prevent outbursts or clapping or demonstrations of any kind during these hearings. There was so much interest in todays hearings that we had to expand opportunity for the audience in an adjoining room. The overflow room is 226 of the dirksen building. I will make opening remarks and give Ranking Member cruz the same opportunity and then welcome our first witness. We are here to discuss a critically important issue, maybe a very basic question. We venerate in this country are committed to the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of those who live in america. We also guaranteed under our bill of rights the right to bear arms. Can we make these two consistent . Can we protect a persons right to own a firearm and still say to the rest of america we also need to protect your light youre right to life, peace, freedom from violence from those same firearms . According to the centers for disease control, more than 11,000 americans 11,000 are murdered by guns each year. That is more each
Strategy to take this cost to the Supreme Court. They could wind up heroes or goats us back how much did you know about lgbt, had you reported on the lgbt Civil Rights Movement before . Guest not extensively. Host what kind of reporting it to don . Guest a lot of legal reporting. Host on lgbt transferred no, no. On bush the door bush v. Gore. I had written about constitutional law but not specifically about this issue except to the extent that i covered legislators, silly unions would come up. Unions, legislation would come up in each of them and this is probably in the early 2000s. Its funny to think today, that was very controversial in these. So i covered these legislative battles over civil unions but certainly not the landmark cases that you were involved in. Host what kind of experience have you had with the lgbt Civil Rights Movement . Youve talked a lot about the gay establishment. What kind of expense have had with the organizations that have been leading lgbt civil rights for