>> RECENTLY WE REPORTED ABOUT A UTAH JUDGE WHO TOOK A
FOSTER CHILD AWAY FROM LESBIAN FOSTER PARENTS, BECAUSE
THEY WERE LESBIANS.
THE JUDGE HAS COMPLETELY REVERSED HIS RULING AND
PROBABLY DID BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE ATTENTION.
ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR OF UTAH, HE SAYS, "HE MAY NOT
LIKE THE LAW, BUT HE SHOULD FOLLOW THE LAW.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ACTIVISM ON THE BENCH IN ANY WAY,
SHAPE, OR FORM."
ALSO THE UTAH DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES GOT
INVOLVED AND THEY WERE GOING TO CHALLENGE THE RULING.
THE JUDGE GAVE NO REASON OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT HE
THOUGHT THE CHILD WOULD BE IN A BETTER ENVIRONMENT IF SHE
WAS RAISED BY A HETEROSEXUAL COUPLE.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT THE LESBIAN COUPLE WAS RAISING HER FOR
THREE MONTHS AND WERE PLANNING ON ADOPTING HER.
NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> I FIND THIS STORY INTERESTING BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TALK
ABOUT GAY RIGHTS, PEOPLE SAY THAT IT IS IRRELEVANT
BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE ALL THEIR RIGHTS, BUT THEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS.
IF YOU SPENT THREE MONTHS WITH A KID THAT YOU ARE RAISING,
AND YOU BOTH LOVE EACH OTHER, AND YOU PUT YOUR HEART AND
SOUL INTO THEM, THEN SOMEBODY SAYS I DON'T LIKE YOU
BECAUSE YOU ARE GAY AND I AM GOING TO TAKE YOUR KID AWAY.
IT TURNS OUT THERE IS STILL REAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GAYS
IN THE COUNTRY.
IF WE HAD DONE WHAT RIGHT-WINGERS WANT, JUST
BOW YOUR HEAD AND SHUT UP, WELL, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR KID
YANKED AWAY FROM THEM.
I AM SO GLAD WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
>> WE DID AN EXTENSIVE REPORT ON GAY RIGHTS IN AMERICA.
EVEN THOUGH MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS LEGALIZED BECAUSE OF THE
SUPREME COURT RULING, IF YOU LOOK AT LAWS STATE-BY-STATE,
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STATES DON'T HAVE PROTECTIONS FOR GAY PEOPLE.
THERE IS THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY LAWS, OR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
LAWS IN STATES.
SOME STATES WILL PROTECT YOU IF YOU ARE RELIGIOUS, OR A
WOMAN, OR BECAUSE OF YOUR RACE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPES
OF PROTECTIONS FOR GAY PEOPLE.
THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO.
>> EVEN IF THE LAWS ARE PASSED, THAT STILL DOESN'T
MEAN THEY ARE CARRIED OUT AND FOLLOWED BY PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES WITH RACISM, OR SEXISM.
LAWS WERE
PASSED DECADES AGO YET THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS WITH THEM.
JUST BECAUSE A LAW IS PASSED, THE FIGHT STILL GOES ON.
IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYONE IS JUST LIKE, OKAY, IT'S PASSED
NOW, SO WE WILL GO BY THAT LAW.
>> HERE IT IS, IT'S NOT MARGINALIZED, IT IS A JUDGE
THAT THOUGHT STRAIGHT PARENTS ARE BETTER AT RAISING KIDS.
>> HE CLAIMS THAT HE HAD EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT
HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES RAISE KIDS BETTER THAN HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES.
>> OF ALL THE CRIMINALS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THIS COUNTRY,
NONE HAVE COME FROM STRAIGHT PARENTS.
MAYBE HE HAS A POINT.
THINK ABOUT IT, THEY ALL MUST'VE HAD GAY PARENTS.
>> THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT.
>> TED BUNDY'S PARENTS, GAY.
SUPER GAY, TED BUNDY'S PARENTS.
>> BIN LADEN'S PARENTS, ñ SO WE WIN HERE BECAUSE WE SPOKE OUT.
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU TO BE QUIET AND BOW YOUR HEAD,
DON'T LISTEN.
ONE MORE THING ON THIS, I AM TIRED OF THE MAJORITY
PUTTING THEIR BOOTS ON OUR NECKS.
THEY HANDLED IT THE RIGHT WAY BECAUSE THEY WON AND THEY
GOT THEIR KID BACK, BUT I WANT TO SCREAM FOR THEM.
I AM NOT INFERIOR TO YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE USED TO
ASSUMING THAT AND THAT IS THEIR POINT OF REFERENCE.
BUT I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU, YOU ARE NOT MY
SUPERIOR OR THE BOSS OF ME.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT I HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS YOU,
THAT IS TO FUCKING BAD, THEN LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
GO TO SAUDI ARABIA OR IRAN WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT RIGHTS
BASED ON TRADITION, CULTURE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY.
HERE IN AMERICA WE BELIEVE IN EQUALITY, IF YOU DON'T LIKE
THAT THEN YOU SHOULD NOT BE A JUDGE.
YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF US, AND I KNOW THAT THE FOX NEWS
CREW AND THAT GENERAL POPULATION THAT IS SO USED TO BEING
THE BOSS OF EVERYBODY, THEY HATE IT.
WHY WON'T THESE PEOPLE THAT WE HELD DOWN ALL THESE YEARS
LISTEN TO US ANYMORE.
WOW, YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF US AND WE ARE NOT LISTENING TO YOU.
>> I THINK THAT IS VERY WELL SAID I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
SAY THAT ANY TIME YOU WANT SOME TYPE OF CHANGE, THE
GOVERNMENT IS NEVER JUST GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE FOUGHT FOR.
THE GOVERNMENT NEVER DOES ñ
THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO JUST DO YOU FAVORS.
YOU HAVE TO PROTEST, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT HERE AT THE YOUNG TURKS,
YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF US.