agreement. we know there are further steps we re going to take, we re so happy we have the legal team we do. and we re very confident that very soon we will be able to be married and happily put that together. i have to jump in. because we have to talk about this as part of the conversation. look, you look back to 2008 on the ballot, prop 8, 52% of californians voted in favor of prop 8. i want to get reaction to some sound. i interviewed a man with the alliance defense fund, senior legal council and he said seven million californians don t believe in same-sex marriage. its disappointing any time a federal judge takes it upon himself to cancel out the voices of over seven million californians. we know that californians turned out for the vote in record numbers after having a full and fair debate, hearing both sides of the issue and making the decision they wanted to make and for a single federal judge to throw out the entire process is really a tragic day for america. all right. j
responses. what do you say to those people? well, well at the end of the day, you know, in america, we re about democracy. and we applaud that process. and we wouldn t want that process to change at all. but when someone goes into a voting booth and votes to take away the rights of a minority, that can t happenth and that s why the courts are there. that s why we have a constitution. that s why judge walker did what he did yesterday. is because at the end of the day, we can t allow the majority to vote on the rights of the minority. paul, prop 8 people feel very strongly. and we appreciate people that have convictions. i mean this isn t, we re not trying to take something away from anyone. jeff and i aren t trying to change the world. what we re trying to do is reiterate what our government has already told us, that this right is a fundamental right for every single american. and during that fair debate, you know, we were described as less american. as we needed, that we needed t
it s been less than 24 hours since a federal judge ruled california s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. now meet two of the key figures in that fight. jeff cerillo and his partner, paul katami were plaintiffs in california s voter-approved ban known as prop 8 the they were good enough to join us from los angeles. and paul and jeff were aided in their effort to bring this case to light by the american foundation for equal rights. gentlemen, thank you for sharing your story with me this morning. thanks for having us, brooke. let s start right out of the gates, prop 8 deemed unconstitutional. waking up this morning, do you believe it or is it surreal for you. you just said it and i got chills. yesterday was a great day for us. yesterday was a great day, not only for the ltb community in california, but a great day to be american. it still feels like you might want to wake up.
amazing foundation on our side. at the end of the day, we just want to get married and we want our legal rights just like every other american. and for both of you, you ve been together for nine years, you thought about having a civil union performed. but it felt perhaps short of feeling officially official and getting married. but you can t quite run out and get married just yet. what s your plan? well, you know, like jeff said, this is the long haul. we want there to be a finality to our marriage rites, we want to make sure that we can have those rights and no longer be prohibited from having those rights. when you get married you make a huge investment emotionally, you re inviting friends and family and a financial investment as well, in getting married and putting an event together. and with the options we have right now, it s not necessarily as much a celebration as it is a partnership, and a business
same rights as other people, simply because we were gay. and being gay doesn t make us less american. it doesn t make us less patriotic. and it doesn t make us less than in the eyes of our government. our government is there to protect us, and it should protect those rights that are innately ours, based on the constitution. those marriage rights are our fundamental rights and that s what we re fighting for. jeff and paul, it s nice to hear from both sides, yours included. gentlemen, thank you and good luck to you. thank you, brooke. thanks for having us. let s go back to the breaking story, we re watching this unfold out of missouri. unbelievable pictures here. again, some sort of accident happening on i-44 in gray summit, missouri. quite a rescue personnel, fire presence here on this interstate. here s what we know. and i got to be honest, it s not a lot. two school buses involved. and a tractor-trailer involved in this accident. sometime this morning, we re