Served to legitimate interest by precluding guys and lesbians to m marry. the opposition to that is saying we voted for this, we voted for this almost every year the people of the state of california want to ban this time of marriage and we want to preserve the historic definition of marriage. avery is shaking his head. you can t agree with richard even when he is in hawaii? you want to know why, he had to get up too early. look, i actually think respectively, conservative chief judge walker was very careful in this 136 page opinion. he sure was. separate findings of fact and the 9th circuit, at least among scholars understand that it is a
Banning same sex marriage in california. voter voters in california said yes, a federal judge says no. our legal guys are on the case right now. avery freidmann and richard herman in hawaii. very early hour there. we appreciate that richard and i guess because of that, why don t we go to richard first. what do you make of this decision in california? interesting that the voters go one way but a federal judge says i m sorry california, you have it wrong here. jim, that is ultimately why this case will end up in the united states supreme court. at peel will be taken to a liberal circuit. i look for them to rubber stamp the judge s determination here. the judge found that the california statute violated the equal protection clause and