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GUEST, -
HAS NEVER WON AT THE BALLOT BOX. WE HAVE FOUR RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE STAND A GOOD CHANCE FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY TO REALLY BE A FIRM -- AFFIRMED...
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| 00:00:59 |
GUEST, -
OF WASHINGTON, MARYLAND AND MAINE. AND IN MINNESOTA WE ARE FIGHTING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD PROHIBIT MARRIAGE EQUALITY. LEGISLATURE IS...
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| 00:02:23 |
HOST, -
HOST: WHAT HAS BEEN THE TRACK RECORD WHEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE? GUEST: WE HAVE LOST 32
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| 00:02:30 |
GUEST, -
OUT OF 32 TIMES. THAT IS CLEAR. AT THE SAME TIME, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE BALLOT MEASURES WERE IN 2004, 2006. THAT IS WHEN THE LARGEST NUMBER WERE...
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| 00:03:32 |
HOST, -
US TO TALK ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE BEING ON THE BALLOT IN FOUR STATES. YOU OUGHT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS, HERE IS HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. FOR DEMOCRATS -- 202-585-3880....
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| 00:04:10 |
GUEST, -
SAY, MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS NO LONGER A PARTISAN ISSUE. IF YOU LOOK AT SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRENDS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL...
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| 00:05:12 |
HOST, -
PAUL TALKING ABOUT SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE. REFERENCED THAT 50% OF THOSE WHO WERE POLLED, SAY IT SHOULD BE ON THE BALLOT. A 50% SAYING IT SHOULD NOT....
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| 00:05:31 |
GUEST, -
YOU LOOK AT POLLING TRENDS JUST OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 15, 16 YEARS, SUPPORT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY HAS INCREASED BY AS MANY POINTS -- BY MANY POINTS....
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| 00:06:22 |
HOST, -
ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE ON THE BALLOT. A FIRST CALL ON OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS, GIGI. CALLER: I THINK IT
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| 00:06:29 |
CALLER, -
IS HORRIBLE THAT THIS GENTLEMAN THINKS THAT TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET MARRIED. I THINK MARRIAGE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY BETWEEN A MAN...
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| 00:07:06 |
GUEST, -
OF VIEW. AND IT IS A JOURNEY THAT A LOT OF AMERICANS ARE ON. I DO BELIEVE THAT AN AWFUL LOT OF AMERICANS STRUGGLE WITH THIS. FOR US, THIS IS REALLY ROOTED...
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| 00:08:44 |
GUEST, -
INVESTED $5 MILLION INTO THE QUARTER BALLOT INITIATIVES AND TO EFFORTS OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY, APPROXIMATELY $8 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO...
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| 00:09:34 |
CALLER, -
AGAINST ANY LAWS BANNING GAY MARRIAGE. .SAID DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU HAD OTHERS DO UNTO YOU. GUEST: CLEARLY, I APPRECIATE
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| 00:09:56 |
GUEST, -
THE SENTIMENT. WE, AS I MENTIONED, WE REALLY ARE LOOKING TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN TO COMMIT AND LOVE ARE SIGNIFICANT OTHER, AND BE ABLE TO PROTECT AND...
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| 00:10:41 |
HOST, -
BIBLE. HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE? GUEST: I
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| 00:10:45 |
GUEST, -
THINK AMERICANS SEE IT AS AN EXTENSION OF THE GOLDEN RULE. AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE OF FAITH IN LARGE NUMBERS NOW SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALITY BECAUSE...
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| 00:12:08 |
HOST, -
YORK. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I ABSOLUTELY
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| 00:12:16 |
CALLER, -
DISAGREE WITH WHAT THIS GUY IS SAYING ON YOUR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE FIRST CALLER. MEN SHOULD NOT BE WITH MEN, PERIOD. ...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
THE CALLER'S PERSPECTIVE. I OBVIOUSLY DISAGREE WITH IT. MY PARENTS ARE CUBAN AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY I'M A VERY PROUD AMERICAN. AND I...
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| 00:15:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
VERY DIFFERENT INSTITUTION, IT IS A SECOND CLASS INSTITUTION. CIVIL UNIONS ARE OK IN SOME STATES. THEY WERE DEFINITELY PART OF THE JOURNEY TOWARDS MARRIAGE....
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| 00:16:17 |
HOST, -
WHAT PROTECTIONS WOULD BE DIFFERENT UNDER A MARRIAGE THAN CIVIL UNIONS? >> RIGHT NOW
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| 00:16:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A LAW IN PLACE CALLED THE DEFENSIVE MARRIAGE ACT WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT SAME SEX MARRIAGE CLS DUCTED IN THE SIX STATES...
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| 00:17:31 |
HOST, -
FROM ILLINOIS. SUE, DEMOCRAT'S LINE. GOOD MORNING. GO AHEAD. CALLER: MY QUESTION IS
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| 00:17:40 |
CALLER, -
THAT MAYBE IF YOU JUST CHANGED THE WORDING FROM MARRIAGE TO CIVIL UNION THAT MAYBE YOU'D GET WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE...
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| 00:18:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SUE'S PERSPECTIVE. I SHOULD HAVE MADE THIS CLEAR EARLIER. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS A CIVIL MARRIAGE LICENSE. IT'S REALLY A LICENSE AT CITY...
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| 00:20:26 |
HOST, -
BY AN ORGANIZATION CALLED PRESERVE MARRIAGE. >> REFERENDUM 74 IS NOT
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| 00:20:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ABOUT EQUALITY. GAYS AND LESBIANS ALREADY HAVE THE SAME LEGAL RIGHTS. MARRIAGE IS MORE THAN A COMMITMENT BETWEEN ADULTS. WHEN LAWS LIKE 74 HAVE OCCURRED...
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| 00:21:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT VIRTUALLY THE SAME AD IS RUNNING IN ALL FOUR STATES. IT IS FULL OF THE SAME KIND OF DECEPTIVE LIE THAT IS WE HAVE SEEN OUR OPPONENTS USE WHEN...
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| 00:21:24 |
HOST, -
TEX THAT IS THE AD SAYS THAT ALREADY EXISTS. EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE MARRIAGE AS FAR AS SAME SEX MARRIAGE GOES. >> TO THAT EXTENT
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| 00:21:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT IS TRUE BUT BY NO MEANS DO THE PROTECTIONS APPLY EQUALLY TO SAME SEX COUPLES. IT'S NOT THE SAME TREATMENT AS MARRIAGE AFFORDS THOSE AND WE ARE...
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| 00:23:36 |
HOST, -
MENTION IT HAD DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT LFMENT THE SUPREME COURT CONSIDER THAT? >> NOVEMBER 20 IS
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| 00:23:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AN HISTORIC AND IMPORTANT DAY FOR LGBT AMERICANS THE SUPREME COURT THAT DAY WILL CONFERENCE ON SIX CASES. THE FIRST CASE THAT I MENTIONED IS AROUND...
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| 00:25:41 |
HOST, -
RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS. THIS IS CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA. RICHARD IS ON THE LINE ON OUR REPUBLICAN LINE. GO AHEAD. CALLER:...
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| 00:25:51 |
CALLER, -
WHERE TO START. THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS THAT THIS MAN, FRED, -- I JUST TURNED ON THE TELEVISION. AND HE HAS TO PLEAD HIS CASE AND ASK FOR JUST HUMAN RIGHTS...
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| 00:27:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CALIFORNIA EN I THANK RICHARD FOR HIS CALL AND CLEARLY I APPRECIATE IT. I SHOULD MAKE CLEAR AS WELL THAT GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES BEING ABLE TO BE...
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| 00:30:01 |
HOST, -
INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING,
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| 00:30:05 |
CALLER, -
C-SPAN. WELL FRED, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. I'M IN MINNESOTA I'M DEFINITELY FOR -- IN OUR COUNTRY WE'RE VERY TOLERANT. I HOPE TO SAY NONJUDGING....
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| 00:31:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CALLER IN VERY DIRECT TERMS. SEX ORIENTATION IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF BEING HUMAN. I THINK PUT MORE SIMPLY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY NO DIFFERENT THAN STRAIGHT...
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| 00:33:49 |
HOST, -
BEEN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INFLUENCE? >> WELL
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| 00:33:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS KIND OF LED THE NATION IN A VERY THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION AND EEFLUTION ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I THINK...
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| 00:35:15 |
HOST, -
HOST: MITT ROMNEY'S HISTORY ON IT AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON IF HE BECOMES PRESIDENT HIS ACTIONS ON IT? >> WELL, THIS ELECTION
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| 00:35:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OFFERS A VERY STARK DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY FOR LGBT AMERICANS REALLY BUT FOR ALL FAIR-MINDED AMERICANS. THESE TWO CANDIDATES COULD NOT BE DIFFERENT...
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| 00:36:41 |
HOST, -
GEORGIA. JAMES. CALLER: I'M FOR
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| 00:36:47 |
CALLER, -
GAY MARRIAGE. AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE HAS ITS WHOLE LABELING THING PUTTING EVERYONE IN THE SAME CATEGORY. AND IF YOU'RE GAY AND IF YOU'RE STRAIGHT...
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| 00:37:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THINK THE CALLER SAID IT WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT THE CONSTRUCT OF GAY MARRIAGE IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT NEWSPAPERS...
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| 00:38:50 |
HOST, -
GEORGIA. REPUBLICAN LINE. JUDY. CALLER: OUR CREATOR GAVE
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| 00:39:01 |
CALLER, -
US CERTAIN BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF WHAT MARRIAGE IS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE ARE TO JUDGE OTHERS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE ARE TO BE -- WE ARE TO...
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| 00:39:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ME OFFER A FEW THINGS FIRST OF ALL. WE HAVE MARRIAGE RIGHT NOW IN SIX STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED. IF ANYTHING, OUR...
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| 00:42:25 |
HOST, -
UP, WE'LL TALK WITH TONY PERKINS. LATER ON WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT BALLOT SNISHTIVES. INITIATIVES.
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.