doubling down is resentment is definitely something i ve noticed. i see the republicans stuck with angering their heritors. young republicans have written, we suck, stop ruining it for us, don t give us this deficit of bad ideas we have to inherit and try to dig out of. they ve created this party through their media and hater campaign of very angry elect hat. that s a great point. it s not just that they are responding to anger. they stoke it. the two things reinforce each other. they paint themselves in a corner. words like that. they re painted into their own patard. i want to talk about the doma decision. i want to give you a little sci-fi counterfactual history of how yesterday might have played out if the white house had made a different decision, right after this break. to accept less and less in the name of style and sophistication. but to us, less isn t more. more is more. abundant space, available leading-edge technology,
the thing you talked about doubling down is resentment is definitely something i ve noticed. i see the republicans stuck with angering their heritors. young republicans have written, we suck, stop ruining it for us, don t give us this deficit of bad ideas we have to inherit and try to dig out of. they ve created this party through their media and hater campaign of very angry elect hat. that s a great point. it s not just that they are responding to anger. they stoke it. the two things reinforce each other. they paint themselves in a corner. words like that. they re painted into their own petard. i want to talk about the doma decision. i want to give you a little sci-fi counterfactual history of how yesterday might have played out if the white house had made a different decision, right after this break.
nation, is that your next step? that discussion is already underway. there are five lawsuits right now in federal court challenging constitutional bans on marriage. there are state level efforts to win legislatively, cases in state courts. i mean, the discussion is happening, and i think over the next number of years, you re going to see every branch of government, state and federal involved in these discussions. and, of course, the court of public opinion. we are undoubtedly moving forward, and i think this issue will be back at the supreme court. the doma decision, and i want to give a shoutout to edye and the aclu and the stanford law clinic who drove that case and did a phenomenal job. the decision was about doma. it s really clear about i the ringing declarations that equality means equality. including for gay people and in the context of gay people s family relationships, this is a
public opinion. we are undoubtedly moving forward, and i think this issue will be back at the supreme court. the doma decision, and i want to give a shout joud to edye and the aclu and the stanford law clinic who drove that case and did a phenomenal job. the decision was about doma. it s really clear about i the ringing declarations that equality means equality. including for gay people and in the context of gay people s family relationships, this is a building block going-forward. anthony kennedy cites the fifth amendment of the constitution, and the violation of equal protection, that constitution pertains in every sta state. joining me now is congressman lee. she s a founding member and vice chair of the lgbt caucus. my question for you is, you are a very outspoken progressive,
to your tv screen pretty quickly. in part, that s thanks to a few interns and hopefully a decent pair of running shoes. here goes. take a look at the doma decision being hand delivered to nbc s pete williams by an amazingly deft intern for scotus blog named dan stein. coming through, coming through. and there you have it. doesn t pete seem totally at ease? dan the intern and pete williams were both on the today show to look back. first of all, it s good open field rung there is speed, lateral movement. you kept your head up. you protected the document, which was very good. how are you feeling? feeling great. i had to do a little bit of stretches this morning, try to loosen up a little bit. a little sore, obviously these aren t running shoes. exactly. it s your running outfit. not only did he have to dodge people with signs and strollers and everything else, remember, these were the hottest days of the year down here. i was perspiring just standing