research they picked it up $250 million, further research said the money was actually $400 million. we have a recent report that we haven t backtracked at the number is even higher than that. i $400 million funding conservative activists behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation s courts. that operation is a very different thing than a group rooting for somebody. i want to make sure that difference is clear since our friends at the republican side made dark money such a big focus of their attention already. there is a drastic difference
0 christianity, judaism, islam, embraces traditional definition of marriage, correct? i am aware that there are various religious faiths that define marriage in a traditional way. do you see that when the supreme court makes a dramatic pronouncement about the invalidity of state marriage laws, that it will inevitably sit in conflict between those who ascribe to the supreme court s edict and those who have a firmly held religious belief that marriage is between a man and a woman? woman? well, senator, these issues are being litigated, as you know, throughout the courts as people raise issues. i am limited with what i can say about them. i m aware there are cases i m not asking you to decide a case or predict how you would decide to, i m just asking isn t it apparent that when the supreme court decides that something that is not even in the constitution is a fundamental right, and no state can pass any law that conflicts with the supreme court s edict, particularly in an area w