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them up. i think they will take one. there is nine they have to consider can respect to gay marriage. some involve prop 8 out in california. some involve the defense of marriage act which is a federal law signed by president clinton. that defines marriage as between a man and a woman for federal purposes and says, hey, if texas recognizes, well, maybe if vermont recognizes gay marriage but texas doesn t and the couple moves to texas, texas is under no obligation to recognize that marriage. that s one of the things that defense of marriage act does. bill: what it all comes down to i think on the umbrella issue of whether homosexual americans are being denied the right to do something that heterosexual americans are k. do. that s what it comes down to. these cases aren t necessarily going to force the court to consider that issue though. bill: that s the issue. larger issue that same sex marriage proponents want to come before the supreme court at some point. i don t know if they
them up. i think they will take one. there is nine they have to consider can respect to gay marriage. some involve prop 8 out in california. some involve the defense of marriage act which is a federal law signed by president clinton. that defines marriage as between a man and a woman for federal purposes and says, hey, if texas recognizes, well, maybe if vermont recognizes gay marriage but texas doesn t and the couple moves to texas, texas is under no obligation to recognize that marriage. that s one of the things that defense of marriage act does. bill: what it all comes down to i think on the umbrella issue of whether homosexual americans are being denied the right to do something that heterosexual americans are k. do. that s what it comes down to. these cases aren t necessarily going to force the court to consider that issue though. bill: that s the issue. larger issue that same sex marriage proponents want to come before the supreme court at some point. i don t know if they
not they are going to take them up. i think they will take one. there is nine they have to consider can respect to gay marriage. some involve prop 8 out in california. some involve the defense of marriage act which is a federal law signed byident clin. that defines marriage as between a man and a woman for federal purposes and says, hey, if texas recognizes, well, maybe if vermont recognizes gay marriage but texas doesn t and the couple moves to texas, texas is under no obligation to recognize that marriage. that s one of the things that defense of marriage act does. bill: what it all comes down to i think on the umbrella issue of whether homosexual americans are being denied the right to do something that heterosexual americans are k. do. that s what it comes down to. these cases aren t necessarily going to force the court to consider that issue though. bill: that s the issue. larger issue that same sex marriage proponents want to come before the supreme court at some point. i
the jury evidence that the judge had admitted evidence that was inadmissible. when his tongue starts, he looks like a cow. big licker. i find this story exhausting at this point. do the steroids make your mouth dry? i m serious. i don t know. it s so obvious that guy was lying. anyway, usa today, president obama has called for a thorough investigation into allegations blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. ok. let s go to politico and willie. here you go. and that completes our coverage of that story for the day. with us now, the chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen, who will take a look at the playbook. good morning. welcome back, willie. thanks. good to see you. the obama campaign is trotting out a new attack on mitt romney and his, quote, penchant for secrecy. what do they mean? that s right. david axelrod tells us they ll use this as an umbrella issue to