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Supports civil unions he supports states rights to make their own decisions on this. he said his stance on gay marriage is evolving which is something that has disappointed a lot of advocates that hoped he would go further especially this week. he was speaking during the week where this bill was being discussed. a lot of people were hoping that he would come out in support of gay marriage. people really want to see him, people on the side supporting gay marriage want to see him go a step further and say he supports marriage. okay. lots more to talk about. thanks so much. celebrities are reacting to new york s new gay marriage law. on twitter lady gaga had encouraged fans to fight for pass annage of the bill. she tweeted the revolution is ours to fight for love, justice and equality. ejoyce, new york. ....
You have a coupon. yeah. amazing. one strange question for you about this sort of resurgence about the culture wars. one of the things that i just noticed today about that deal that the republicans and president came up with on friday night is that among these sort of policy riders that are in there, the republicans have cut off d.c. s ability to spend its own local, d.c. city funds on abortions for poor women, but they didn t insist on killing d.c. s gay marriage law, which the republicans had also threatened to do at the same time. so the abortion thing they are pressing ahead, but the gay marriage thing they let slide. do you think there s any sort of proposals for the new contours of the culture war there, or do you think it was just an oversight? i would guess oversight. if you re saying they are mellowing on the gay issue. maybe, maybe. i wouldn t count on that. maybe. yeah, well, it s true. there s a bush, a mccain and a cheney now who are all for gay marriage, you ....
amazing. one strange question for you about this sort of resurgence about theç culture wars. one of the things that i just noticed today about that deal that the republicans and president came up with on friday night is that among these sort of policy riders that are in there, the republicans have cut off d.c. s ability to spend its own local d.c. city funds on abortions for poor women, but they didn t insist on killing d.c. s gay marriage law, which the republicans had also threatened to do at the same time. so the abortion thing they are pressing ahead, but the gay marriage thing they let slide. do you think there s any sort of proposals for the new contours of the culture war there, or do you think it was just an oversight? i would guess oversight. if you re saying they are mellowing on the gay issue. maybe, maybe. i wouldn t count on that. maybe. yeah, well, it s true. there s a bush, a mccain and a cheney now who are all for gay marriage, you know. what s obama waiti ....
Night is that among these sort of policy riders that are in there, the republicans have cut off d.c. s ability to spend its own local d.c. city funds on abortions for poor women, but they didn t insist on killing d.c. s gay marriage law, which the republicans had also threatened to do at the same time. so the abortion thing they are pressing ahead, but the gay marriage thing they let slide. do you think there s any sort of proposals for the new contours of the culture war there, or do you think it was just an oversight? i would guess oversight. if you re saying they are mellowing on the gay issue. maybe, maybe. i wouldn t count on that. maybe. yeah, well, it s true. there s a bush, a mccain and a cheney now who are all for gay marriage, you know. what s obama waiting for, alabama? yeah. excuse me, someone is knocking. but but the the abortion thing, you know, that s really interesting because as you recall the health care debate ....
Surprisingly died on the state house floor. house democrats were poised to make maryland the sixth state to make gay marriage law. but intense pressure from religious groups made passage uncertain over the past few weeks. jonathan capehart is a writer for the washington post and an msnbc contributor. jonathan, i want to read you something from a state democrat who said i think in some cases, it was the church s back home. i really can t explain people s motivati motivations. many people who promised votes changed their minds. the speaker says the bill will be brought up again next year and have a better chance of passing. why a sudden change and why do they think the churches will back off in 2012? the churches won t back off. with the year ahead, it gives the proponents of the bill the time to work up favorable public favoritism towards the bill. and i think that you know, by not taking the bill to the floor ....