so today the supreme court is considering whether they will overturn
the defense of marriage act that's bill mon so hence all the participants have
stepped into the
mirabella my
we've already been through this for three days
so uh... the question is of course which we just said we can you will go cuz
others are clear on this issue so when you get to justice roberts there was
some hope that he would be voting for in favor of gay marriage that hope seems to
have been dashed
almost questions and comments have been given the direction of karma aren't
incredibly stretched analogies about like are we now gonna regulate what the
word friendship means
spend two days and they will still try to figure out how he was talking about
so obviously we have people on the right we have been on the left and they're
going to go where they are on this issue of gay marriage so let's start with
justice ginsburg
she has an interesting and algae to make it and on
gay marriage vs
you know
civil unions et cetera where you get some of the rights but not all the right
and it's been under question and at the scene
benefits and made and we have picked up my until you would be the enemy
demeaning with the state
is merit
u_s_a_ meryl
stated to transit locations
before marriage
administered
skin
skim milk marriages which is calling it
when you don't get the one thousand one hundred
uh... different federal rights straight couples have
and that is the night of course because of bill might not this is sort of my or
has
a concern about this issues well let's hear her out
wednesday to use the federal
performance
the right
to be concerned it'll at with the definition of marriage is
bring in a circle
you're saying
you're saying we can create the special patrick chori men and women
because two states have
in interested traditional marriage that they're trying to protect
federal government
to have the right
to create categories at that time based on an interested staff here with the sun
in interest it belongs to the states
are hot now this is really important
has justice kennedy all politics deciding vote
prostrate on this a lot
there's a state's rights issue
marriage divorce custody
are clearly under the jurisdiction of the state's you should not be a federal
issue at all
sofa state says you cannot have gay marriage what we've got to respect that
in that state
the federal government has respect the laws within that state
but they say you can't have gay marriage
you have to show equal respect for that
so she's really out of something that now justice roberts is invited anyway
and he's going to make another curious argument
on of the rights of gays let's listen to that
thus far as i can tell political figures are
falling over themselves to endorse your side of the of the kingdom you just
referred to a see change in people's understandings in values from nineteen
ninety-six window was and i figure i'm just trying to see where that comes from
if not from the political effectiveness of uh... http groups on your side of the
case effect the language of the house support to keep justice act it comes
from a moral understanding
today repeat people are no different imitating the republicans have spared
not technically different
the relationship straight record for basically a justice roberts saying there
and i was thinking i guess of some political clout now
they might have political clout but apparently not enough
so they got the same rights as straight married people so obviously there is
still legal discrimination against some it's kind of like singing a civil rights
era well i mean
afro-americans have some political clout they have
some congress men they have some money they can do any good politicians
had the laws of set against them but that's a sad day for that not enough
that's not how the constitution works
jess's l a likely in uh... made a really good point
a whole point algoma
this law was quote
collective moral judgment
and to express disapproval
of homosexuality
in the explanation of the belt
that they sadness meltdown
so that we show you our moral disapproval of almost like a lot
well that's the definition
of discrimination saying that even though your as citizen asia the semis
clinton's als rights away
judges don't like you i had
morley disapprove your actions whether it harms anyone else or not
well the deciding vote of course is going to justice kennedy
so what he says he was going to be enormously important let's listen in
if congress has the power connector saying for the reason and that sort of
like some urgent does mike i suppose it can do that
but when it has eleven hundred wants
international signing
means a big federal government does
uh... intertwined with the citizens they did late day life you or
some and and and and
real risk
of running in conflict with what has always been part of the
uh... the essence of the state police power which is directly managed force
custom
now back to joie important y
kennedy's space in the same menu in the states realms here
as a conservative issue believe the state's rights
and interestingly alibi the services he seems to be the only one
that is not being hypocritical here say
yeah alexa survival even state rights
and the federal government should not be in this business of all
lessons in the day he has a role the dome was unconstitutional
he also said don't was only helping states
if they do what we want them to do
that's of course not the role of the federal government they're saying hey
you know what we get the pic which states
laws that we like and don't like and enforce accordingly
so all don't lock
looks like what's the terrible almost all over end of this
not be looked at the roland uh... in the summer they'll let us know who was not a
sense the latest overall want technical grounds
but it would be very surprising right now
at least any windsor who is so in this case didn't win
his even if it's an old under a narrow technical grounds
she was so when
because
propos lower courts
rolled in our favor
allows kennedy shocked the world
turnaround said in the parade all these arguments against it
during the hearings
i will not turn around the same absolutely gay people
but that's not likely from teddy kennedy was also deciding what was the presses
uh... which decriminalizing with sexuality in the first place so uh...
so books i gave may be good data for all americans as
we expand
freedom liberty
applied to more of our citizens as we always should have