and columbus, ohio who have been linked to an al-qaida-somali-based group. we will have a live news conference about some of these missing details we have about this coming up any moment when eric holder steps to the mike, and we will bring you there live to washington. down to washington right now at it is a court decision to throw out california s gay marriage ban is putting a spotlight on president obama s position on same-sex marriage. he says he is against proposition 8 but he s on the record as being opposed to gay marriage as well. james rosen is reporting live for us from washington, james. reporter: don t over promise, jenna. the sudden revival of the same-sex marriage issue in this midterm election year poses some political peril for president obama emerged clearly in a tv interview given this morning by his senior white house adviser. david axelrod was forced to
one amazing thing about the gay marriage ban overturned in california today was something i had known about the trial while it was happening. but i didn t really appreciate the importance of it until i read the ruling that came out this afternoon. the anti-gay marriage people, the people defending the gay marriage ban in court, only called two experts in their whole case. they only called two witnesses. the first one was this guy, david blankenhorn. he is president of the institute for american values. now judge walker spent the better part of ten pages of his ruling just talking smack about david blankenhorn. think i m kidding? the court now determine that s mr. blankenhorn s testimony constitutes inadmissible opinion testimony that should be given essentially no weight.
in the california constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. the court concludes that proposition 8 is unconstitutional, and with that california s gay marriage ban went kaput. a huge victory, of course, for gay rights supporters in that state and possibly around the country. but judge walker, who is a george h.w. bush appointee, george walker struck down california s gay marriage ban as unconstitutional, he also probably set the stage for what will be the next big court fight and the next big political fight. the anti-gay marriage side that was defeated in this case has already filed paperwork expressing their intention to appeal the decision. you should expect to hear lots of excerpts from judge walker s ruling, not only in the legal discussion, but i think you ll hear it in the political fight that is sure to come as well, because i think many conservatives will see some of this language as explosive. quote, that the majority of california vo
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alfranken. he reportedly rolled his eyes and made other movement. mcconnell confronted him afterwards, saying this is not saturday night live. franken said he later apologized supporters of the gay marriage ban that was struck by a judge has filed an appeal. this is an issue where the dividing line between sides is usually pretty clear but correspondent james rosen that is not the case with president obama. we may disagree about gay marriage. reporter: in fact he disagrees with himself. he favors full benefits for gay couples and calls eight moral imperative. my belief is that a basic principle in our constitution is that if you are obeying the law, if you are following the rules