crowds outside of a san francisco city hall waiting officially for the decision we think we already know on prop 8. how long until the places where this impacts actually will see it go into effect? >> you mean in california? i mean, in california it could be a number of days. it could be a week. it could be a couple of weeks. but we'll have to hear from governor brown. and from the attorney general of california. both who are supporters of same-sex marriage. and we expect that they will interpret a ruling that the proponents of proposition 8 lack standing to bring the appeal. that that ruling will be interpreted as restoring same-sex marriage rights to california. that is what kind of the smart legal thinking up until now has been. there may be, you know -- there may be some, as i said, some litigation around the margins about it. but i would be very surprised if same-sex couples aren't allowed to be married in california very soon, within a matter of days, if not months. now, the other question on doma is, how quickly will the obama