new jersey democrats are breathing new life into the battle over same-sex marriage in that state following the supreme court s recent ruling on the issue. democrats in the new jersey state senate say they re working to get the votes needed to override republican governor chris christie s veto over a marriage equality bill. they re saying the high court s decision striking down the defense of marriage act makes it crystal clear that civil unions in new jersey are not equal to marriage. joining me now, democratic strategist richard goodstein and communications director for the indiana party, pete seat. richard, what s your thought about what s happening in new jersey? what will happen? well, look, i think if we take this case if this case goes to the courts, what we saw in the supreme court s doma decision was one step short of saying that there is a nationwide constitutional protection for same-sex marriage, but that case is just waiting to be brought. it may be new jersey, it may b
the lawyer on the other side, he opposed you. he was smiling and cheering. they were delighted by what happened at the supreme court as far as proposition 8 is concerned. what do you say to david? i say that we ve been disagreeing with him since the day the lawsuit was filed. we ve had very different takes on this lawsuit, the nature of proposition 8, the arguments associated so nothing has really changed in the fact that we disagree on what should or shouldn t happen. the law in california is clear. there s no decision striking down proposition 8 so it remains the law of california. that s been established law for a very long time. it hasn t changed and the supreme court didn t try to change that. there will be legal experts that disagree with you but that s the nature of this decision by the supreme court. we ll continue to follow it. we ll see what happens on practically speaking if gay cups will be allowed to get married
brings us that much closer to true equality. in the decision striking as unconstitutional the so-called doma or defense of marriage case, the united states supreme court held that there was no purpose for depriving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry the person they love. there was no legitimate justification for that. as justice scalia noted, that holding, that principle guarantees the right of every individual in every state to marriage equality. in the california case the supreme court held that the proponents of proposition 8 did not have standing. what that means is that in that case the supreme court could not
on the phone with president obama when he had the prop 8 plaintiffs around there to get the congratulations of the president. we also have lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsome joining the program. also this hour, i will have paul and jeff. those are the other prop 8 plaintiffs, and there they are right there coming up to speak, as well. and at noon eastern time, 83-year-old doma plaintiff, edie windsor, is going to be giving her own scheduled live conference on the steps of the supreme court. she is an amazing woman, so you ve got to stay tuned for that. it s been a long road. many years but gosh, feels good to have love triumph over ignorance. this is a major victory, judge walker s decision striking down proposition 8 now stands because there was no standing. marriage equality is going to be back in california very soon. well now i m her dietitian. .and last year, she wasn t eating so well.
court in two important decisions brings us that much closer to true equality. in the decision striking as unconstitutional, the so-called doma or defense of marriage case, the united states supreme court held that there was no purpose for depriving gay and lesbian couples of the right to marry the person they love. there was no legitimate justification for that. as justice scalia noted, that holding, that principle, guarantees the right of every individual in every state to marriage equality. in the california case, the supreme court held that the proponents of proposition 8 did not have standing. what that means is that in that