momentum to the legalization of same sex marriage. i think the same sex marriage issue is very different from this issue. this was an issue in which you had homosexuals as individuals being excluded from participating in the military for, we believe, valid reasons. but nevertheless it was directed at individuals. the marriage issue is about granting special benefits, special affirmation to same sex couples, to homosexual relationships. i think that s a very different kind of issue. alex, are there any factors from your servers, if the pentagon does this i may not like it but i understand. if there s any kind of segregation or opt-out or does it have to be for it to work universally across the board? the best thing the pentagon to do is to do it across the board and do it swiftly and quickly. the senior military leadership, the commandant of the marine
with the marriage issue, again, the benefit is taxes. the people cannot buy the house so, well, just live your life flat right now. that is fear. that is disappointing. very disappointing. i m sorry, i wish i had better news. shepard: if they legalized pot everyone can medicate and chill. door dorito sales will go way up. president obama going after republics and now the president has a few harsh words for democrats. stay tuned.
happen. a republican snatching the senate seat of liberal democrat ted kennedy held for decades. talking about senator scott brown of massachusetts, he has now been officially sworn in. but might conservatives be shocked to know he holds some liberal positions on some hot button social issues? in new york, i spoke with the co-authors of the best sell book game change, john holliman of new york magazine and mark halperin of time magazine. listen carefully to what senator brown told abc s barbara walters about abortion rights, gay marriage and universal health care. i feel this issue is best handled between a woman and her doctor and her family. and on a marriage issue that you brought up, it is settled here in massachusetts. i believe that states should have the ability to determine their own destiny. in massachusetts, the free market, the free enterprise has taken control and they re offering a wide range of plans. i ve never, ever said that people should not get health insuran
cared about was ripped from me. mike: what was the hardest personal moment you had? the hardest personal moment was actually not in dealing with my husband s and my marriage issue. because i felt as though because he made the choices he made, and he was fighting for a marriage, and i was fighting for a marriage, i felt like we were going to be better for it. the most devastating part of the process was when we were separated from our church. together we invested 22 years in the church body and deeply loved the people. i felt as they deeply loved us but others made the decision to separate us from them when i felt we needed them the most. mike: do you understand why they may have felt the need to create separation? did you say okay, this is painful but they re hurting too? how did you process that? i do understand that way of thinking but i challenge it in my book because i was the recipient of that
i felt as though everything i cared about was ripped from me. mike: what was the hardest personal moment you had? the hardest personal moment was actually not in dealing with my husband s and my marriage issue. because i felt as though because he made the choices he made, and he was fighting for a marriage, and i was fighting for a marriage, i felt like we were going to be better for it. the most devastating part of the process was when we were separated from our church. together we invested 22 years in the church body and deeply loved the people. i felt as they deeply loved us but others made the decision to separate us from them when i felt we needed them the most. mike: do you understand why they may have felt the need to create separation? did you say okay, this is painful but they re hurting too? how did you process that? i do understand that way of thinking but i challenge it in my book because i was