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Theyre wonderful son, cooper, kelley and kelley, pam and nicole, plaintiffs in the case more than 30, you ought to matter. Your relationships matter. Your children matter. I felt like part of we the people. [inaudible conversations] hi, everyone. Thank you so much for coming out this evening. Before he gets started, a few housekeeping notes. If you could take the time now to silence or cell phones, that would be great. You dont have to turn it off. You can follow kramer books on facebook and twitter and its agreement signed for email newsletter if you havent already. A newly redesigned website kramer. Com. We would love for you to visit. You can see all the great events without going on. Melissa is here to talk about her new book, tea party by men which explores the women creating and reading the Tea Party Movement and the greater significance of womens involvement in the tea party and talks about our understanding of female Political Leadership in the future of women in the american r
Lockdown. In georgia, the governor will veto legislation that would have given faithbased organizations the ability to deny jobs 2k, lesbians, transgender people. Thoughts onyour religious liberty laws. If you support, dial into 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. You can also tweet us cspanwj or go to facebook. Com cspan. Theront page of Washington Times with the governor yielding to corporate pressure and vetoing the religious liberty belle. The influence of the entertainment and business lobbies was felt when the georgia governor knucked under a title wave of pressure by the. Owing religious liberty bill it sought to protect religious wedding vendors from participating in samesex marriage ceremonies was not warranted in georgia where no such disputes have risen. [video clip] i find it ironic that some in religious community feel it is necessary for government rights andm protections. If our religious liberty is and notd upon us by god man made government, perhaps we should heed
We read briefs. We read amicus briefs which are by the court. We read the record that has been created below, the decisions of courts across the country who have faced the question. We then research and we right in we right and then we added. And almost every day we are Reading Research and writing. It does not sound very exciting. Then our opinion gets published. All of that thinking gets shown to the world. And it is what people look at. They dont really realize how much we have to do to get their, and it is work to get there, hard work. And remembering that every decision we make their is a wonder and their is a loser. If they dont like what we have done the dont think were smart. They think really is a. They think we are doing it based on policy. The somehow we just dont like what they like. It is so far from the truth. Judging is a skill, a profession. You are trained to look at issues in a legal way, to think about the question is not based on your personal like so dislikes, but