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i am alex wagner, in for lawrence o donnell. today for the first time in our nation s history, a male athlete on a major sports team is openly gay. jason collins writes in this week s issue of sports illustrated i am a 34-year-old nba center, i am black, and i m gay. collins a 12 year veteran of the nba, from los angeles, played for stanford university and most recently the washington wizards. he writes the more that speak out the better, gay or straight. starts with president obama mentioning the 1969 stonewall riots that launched the gay rights movement during his second inaugural address. here is what president obama said that day. we, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal, is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forebearers through seneca

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jason collins writes i m glad i m coming out in 2013 rather than 2003. the climate has shifted, public opinion has shifted, and yet we still have so much farther to go. joining me now, reverend al sharpton, host of msnbc politics nation, and wade davis, lbgt surrogate for president obama and former nfl player. he publicly revealed he was gay last year. chris clue ee, minnesota vikings punter, marriage equality activist who jason collins praised writing i am impressed with the straight pro athletes who have spoken up so far. today, rush limbaugh speculated he came out so if a team doesn t sign him, he can sue for discrimination. rush mentioned you. let s listen to what he said. the nfl draft, vikings in fifth round took a punter.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130401:08:42:00

that tends to move slowly. forces are colliding. joining us now to discuss the politics of same-sex marriage the host of msnbc politics nation and president and founder of national action network reverend al sharpton. president of the national organization are for marriage, brian brown. nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. sticking around, who is your vafd the vote as a panelist survivor, wall street news columnist peggy noonan and joining us actor rob reiner. mr. reiner, thank you. thank you for having me. pete, i want to make you do your correspondent job. what happened this week? where s the court? well, what i think we re not going to get is some sort of sweeping ruling on same-sex marriage. we re probably not going to get some sort of sweeping ruling on prop 8. on the prop 8 case, the case from california, this is the proposition passed by 52% of voters that stopped same-sex marriage in the state. it seemed like the supreme court is just not ready to rule one way

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the host of msnbc politics nation and president and founder of national action network reverend al sharpton. president of the national organization are for marriage, brian brown. nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. sticking around, who is your vafd the vote as a panelist survivor, wall street news columnist peggy noonan and joining us actor rob reiner. mr. reiner, thank you. thank you for having me. pete, i want to make you do your correspondent job. what happened this week? where s the court? well, what i think we re not going to get is some sort of sweeping ruling on same-sex marriage. we re probably not going to get some sort of sweeping ruling on prop 8. on the prop 8 case, the case from california, this is the proposition passed by 52% of voters that stopped same-sex marriage in the state. it seemed like the supreme court is just not ready to rule one way or the other on it. they re going to find some way to send this case back to california stamped incommittee ei

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