it, knew that phil robertson held extremely conservative views. what i thought was interesting in revealing about this exchange, his comments about gay marriage got a lot of press and rightly so. but what he said about jim crow, the fact that blacks were, quote, unquote, happy and singing during segregation, got almost no coverage. i thought that was reflective of the debate we re having. remember, the supreme court s decision to overturn section 4 of the voting rights act happened a day before they then overturned doma. and the doma decision, which was a great victory for equality, really overshadowed the voting rights act decision. the supreme court, i think, the concerns in the supreme court, have this twilsed notion that there are there is a need for expanded rights for some people, at least anthony kennedy had this definition, but not for other people. so basically say, okay, well, gay rights is a thing of the future, to be progressive on, that but rights for blacks and hispanic