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will enter. it s kind of their opportunity to set out a broad future vision. and it s a nice opportunity to compare what those future visions look like. okay. and with the first lady speaking at two she has two commencement addresses there. is that due to her popularity and her ability to reach out as the first mom to these kids? certainly that s part of it. a first lady is always a great opportunity for a commencement address. but i want to point out in particular that when she speaks at north carolina ant, they have an important african-american civil rights history. it was students from there that were part of the citizens. was a site of a civil rights riot in the 1960s. and so she will undoubtedly in the face of the president s discussion about marriage equality and the north carolina amendment one vote, i suspect
in and out in favor of equality today is historic news and it was the right thing to do. i agree with you, and i think that it clearly was the right thing to do, but melissa, aside from the law, this is a real victory for civil rights and civil liberties even beyond just those in the gay and lesbian community. wouldn t you agree with that? absolutely. i know a lot of people will look at the politics around this and trace it back to vice president biden saying he was comfortable with marriage equality on meet the press. i think a lot of this decision for the president to speak out on this today has to do with that north carolina amendment one vote yesterday. people keep saying people in north carolina voted for a same sex marriage ban, what that is not what happened in north