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All the rights straight couples get federally. that means social security and the military and all that. that said, if you live in a state that does not allow same sex marriage, even after these rulings today, you still cannot get married. this ruling does nothing for you. yet. today during msnbc s coverage of these rulings, chad griffin from the human rights campaign was asked, what he plans to do next, now that these cases have been won in washington. the doma case and the california prop 8 case. mr. griffin said he was going to go to california to celebrate in california, but then tomorrow he was going somewhere else to get back to work. it also says to that young person in hope, arkansas or altoona, pennsylvania, that marriage equality is coming to them very soon. this entire team is on our way to california to celebrate tonight and tomorrow morning i wake up and go to salt lake city ....
You shouldn t discriminate against gay people because they re gay, or it may happen on a states rights grounds. there was reference to states rights, to federalism. that was referenced in the ruling, it seems like it wasn t the main thrust of the ruling, is that right? i agree. this committee did what we have to do, and one of the things that we said that was so pernicious about doma, and showed what was really at stake, it was a statute about denigrating gay people, it was the first time ever, in our country s history, where the federal government failed to respect the marriage laws of the state. and that that fact showed what was really going on here, it wasn t about anything other than treating gay couples differently because they were gay. thank god the court understood that. justice scalia responded to ....
Washington, that immigration judge in new york was not allowed to consider steven to be a married man. his marriage was invisible to the court. and so steven was going to be deported until gabe the intern arrived with this in hand and steven s marriage with the delivery of this ruling became legally visible and his deportation was stopped. the doma project was helping steven and sean fight their case. that s the place where gabe interns, sean and steven s case is not at all over, it s not won and settled, the proceedings to deport steven stopped today at 10:30 a.m. want to see gabe the intern who s the hero here? god bless him. there s gabe. and god bless the sneakers that he wore to work today. there are not that many cases in a lifetime where a court ruling instantly changes the circumstances of thousands of people s lives. that very day, that very morning it happened, within 30 minutes. ....
A married man. his marriage was invisible to the court. and so steven was going to be deported until gabe the intern arrived with this in hand and steven s marriage with the delivery of this ruling became legally visible and his deportation was stopped. the doma project was helping steven and sean fight their case. that s the place where gabe interns, sean and steven s case is not at all over, it s not won and settled, the proceedings to deport steven stopped today at 10:30 a.m. want to see gabe the intern who s the hero here? god bless him. there s gabe. and god bless the sneakers that he wore to work today. there are not that many cases in a lifetime where a court ruling instantly changes the circumstances of thousands of people s lives. that very day, that very morning it happened, within 30 minutes. that happened today. there are about 25,000 couples in analogous circumstances to ....
Other people thought she was not the right case, this was not the right vehicle. why did you know to take it? i think there s so much about this case that tells a story about what was so long and i m so glad to say this, what was so wrong with section three of doma. the idea that someone would have to pay a huge tax simply because they were gay, which is what the estate tax was here, every american understands what it s like to pay a tax. this was a tax on being gay. edye s age, the 44 years of their relationship together. the fact that she nursed thea through ms, by the time they got married, thea could only lift a finger because of the paralysis of the disease. any one of us would be so lucky to have a spouse like edye windsor and all of us understand that. strategically, thinking about what the court might have done today, there was a discussion that they could rule against gay rights, if they were going to have a positive pro gay rights ruling, they might do it on equal protect ....