And not review the decision. The theres a huge challenge ahead. So those who dont know, in more than half the states you can still legally discriminate against gays and lesbians becauses theres no federal law. Theres no equivalent of a civil rights act. And so you can say, i dont i want to fire you because your gay, or i dont want you to stay in my hotel because youre gay, and you can get away with that in the states that dont have specific protections, which are more than half. So thats a bill in congress right now, and theres a big fight over it, and theres a fight about the opponents are saying, you have to all all these religious liberty exceptions and you have bakers who wont bake cakes, you know, for a gay wedding. And you think about that, and just substitute the word, i dont want to bake a cake because youre africanamerican. You couldnt do that. But you can, so i think thats going to be a big fight. As ive talked to people, too, part of it is i think part of it is a challenge i
Where you think this movement is going . And where do you think the bum bumps are going to be . Being from california, its bewilders me that so much moves to fast in the northeast and not as much in the west, and i wonder where you see us going in the next few years. I want to go back to your point, which is that is a number one reason we talk about a movement and talked about different historic moments in the movement and different people, but the bottom line is that the reason that we are where we are today is because people have come out and theyve told their story, and nine out of ten people now know someone who is gay or lesbian, and that is and that is the none predictor of whether you think that people should be that gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to marry. So theres no question that people who have come out, who have been brave enough to face the discrimination that comes with that, and, again, tell their stories, thats all of the credit goes to them. Where is the mo
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