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i am curious to hear not whether or not you expected to win, but whether or not you expected to win this way, whether you thought it would happen the way it did and whether this ruling followed the logic you expected. it did, because this ruling is built on both liberty that we get to choose who we re going to marry and make that momentous, you know life decision with and it s also based on equality that gay people same-sex couples have to have the same choices and freedoms and equality as everyone else in the country. and both pieces were there in that decision today, just as they were in marriage decisions starting with the 1960s. what was it like to hear it? i mean after all of this much of your life right, having been spent working towards this day. what was it like today in the courtroom hearing it? you know right away they sit down and the chief justice announces the case and you can t ....
Marry and make that momentous life decision with and it s also based on equality that gay people same-sex couples have to have the same choices and freedoms and equality as everyone else in the country and both pieces were there in that decision today. just as they were in marriage decisions starting with race in the 1960s. what was it like to hear it? after all of this much of your life, right, having been sent working toward this what was it like to hear it? well you know right away they sit down and the chief justice announces the case and you can hear people stop breathing. you couldn t hear it that people were continuing to breathe. and as justice kennedy began to roll out the opinion it was clear that we had a victory and then you started hearing the sobs and the sniffles and i was elated. how can you not be knowing how many people have been you know just scarred by this experience and being denied this true ....
They can get away with it in the near term. but when it comes to 2016, i think that s where this is going to come back to hurt them, because as bob mentioned, there are so many issues that remain stalled in congress, because they cannot diminish the influence of the tea party in these outside groups. igor, you wanted to weigh in. in 2012, their platform said, self-deport on immigration. in 2014, they released 11 new principles, one of them said legalization for undocumented immigrants. they are moving in some direction, and you saw all theeds marriage decisions come out this week, and republicans were silent on them. but the difference is that we re looking at a 2014 midterm versus 2016. the issue base is completely different for the midterms versus the presidential election. the republicans say, why put immigration on the floor right now when they think they see the offensive, the poll numbers looking good, they can take back the senate, grow their house majority. this is goin ....
Says that it s still up to the states. he thinks all states should be for gay marriage. i think he s always believed that states should make that decision. there are it s been in the law for a long time that states should make marriage decisions. some of that was bad when, you know, during the jim crow south. right. there was the prejudice against interracial marriage. but i do think and i think he believes this is a decision best left for the states and supports the states granting the right for same-sex couples to marry. it s something that i think he supports, something i support, i think a lot of people support. i think it s a very personal decision. i think it s interesting to look at the arc of, you know, the role ohio played in the 2004 election. reight. on the issue of gay marriage. it was a big ballot issue in order to drive conservative turnout and in just eight years you ve seen a huge opinion change. you know, it s interesting ....