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Ultimate victory and that nothing could be better for the american people, the people of california, and particularly the people of san francisco. we ll be answering your questions in a moment. all right. that was ted olson the lawyer, one of the key lawyers together with david boise who represented those who wanted to overturn proposition 8 in california. we ll monitor what he has to say, two lawyers, very, very happy with this decision today. it s not going to go to the next level, the next level in this court proceeding, it is now going to the next level, from is district court to the circuit court, eventually to the united states supreme court but a huge victory for gay and lesbian americans on this day in california. much more on this story coming up. also much more coming up on the historic day involving the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. the oil well according to the federal government and bp is now dead. killed, killed, killed. in their words. ....
Our rights are fundamental. they re the birth right of every american. that s why the american foundation for equal rights took up this landmark case. we challenged in a court of law the flawed, unconstitutional arguments that long had been used to deny americans their rights. that gay marriage, the love between two adults, is somehow a danger to society. that how we are born, our sexual orientation, not our love or personal commitment, somehow defines a marriage. that state-sponsored discrimination is somehow justified and should be institutionalized with respect to marriage. and after a lengthy trial, a fair trial, the court rejected the false logic that has been used for so many years to rationalize that blatant discrimination. but this trial did more than expose that false logic. it embraced the fundamental american values of freedom and fairness. it upheld the notion that the greatness of this country lies ....
Senator nelson from nebraska in a similar position, so i don t think that you rely just on the republicans, but you have democrats as well more atuned to what the american people are thinking on this issue, and still regardless of the propaganda and what has been done and even the courts weighing in, the majority of the americans still believe marriage should be as historically has been defined in the country a union of a man and woman. tony perkins is the president of the family research council, and thank you for joining us. all right, wolf. it is a divisive issue, but the man behind the plans to build a islamic mosque and center will explain what he plans to build bridges. and cnn s pentagon correspondent barbara starr is one of the first reporter to make an entire journey with wounded soldiers in afghanistan ....
Dispute the news. 42% say that president obama was definitely not born in the u.s., and another 16% saying he probably wasn t. does that mean na a significant new core group of americans believes he is not eligible to be president? cnn polling director keating holland does not think so, because he says that those who believe that president obama was not born in america are not committed. they are probably not obama fans and conceivable that they might vote for obama or other democrats as well. but he says that those on the fence are listening to right wing commentators like rush limbaugh who fuelled the fire this week on his radio show. they tell us that august 4th is the birtdday, but we haven t seen birth of it. reporter: and i asked, what about if those tepid doubters stay steeped in the belief of his birth? what does it mean for him in 30,000 feet? well, the re-election bid is ....
This for us, and it is significant political ramifications from the poll. well, there are, wolf, when you consider the sheer percentage of people who believe that either the president was not born in the u.s. or that he probably wasn t. it is a sizable enough percentage to raise questions about the president s overall support for re-election and even though the theory itself has been shotdown. reporter: there is no credible dispute, officials in hawaii releaseded a copy of president obama s birth certificate, and authenticated by the state s republican governor, and honolulu hospital posted newspaper announcements of his birth, and cnn and other news outlets have thoroughly debunked the rumors and others have squarely said they are rumors. i have news, the president was born in hawaii. reporter: but despite the evidence, one forth of americans ....