Can Same-Sex Marriage Last in California?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2008
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
California's state supreme court says gays and lesbians have the right to marry, a decision that could have an impact in other states and on the presidential campaign. Also, Myanmar accepts assistance from select nations, and Democrats come together while McCain deals with a "perception problem."
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.8 | Same-sex marriage. Can it last in California? |
| 0:14.2 | Hello again, I'm Orman Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:18.2 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:43.7 | Same-sex marriage is legal in California, least till November, when voters are likely to get the chance to overturn last week's ruling by the state Supreme Court. In the meantime, many gays and lesbians are celebrating the opinion by Chief Justice Ron George, a former prosecutor appointed by a Republican governor. On to the point, does the decision nullify the will of the people since a same-sex marriage ban passed overwhelmingly eight years ago? |
| 0:47.1 | Can the people nullify the court that nullified them? |
| 0:50.7 | What's the likely impact on other states and the presidential campaign? |
| 0:55.3 | On reporter's notebook later on, Democrats come together, McCain deals with a perception problem. First, here's the news. |
| 1:00.4 | Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio |
| 1:06.2 | International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. |
| 1:13.1 | Hello again. Mormon Olney back with To the Point. California's state Supreme Court says gays and lesbians have the right to marry, a decision that could have an impact in other states and on the presidential campaign. |
| 1:23.2 | On To the Point, what about the will of the people who banned same-sex marriage eight years ago? |
| 1:28.1 | Will California voters pass another ban this coming November? |
| 1:31.6 | On reporter's notebook, Kentucky and Oregon hold primaries tomorrow while Obama and Clinton's supporters talk peace. |
| 1:37.7 | Anne McCain cleanses his campaign of active lobbyists. |
| 1:41.2 | First this news update. |
| 1:42.5 | The death toll from Cyclone Nargis is still rising. |
| 1:45.4 | Today, Myanmar, formerly Burma, agreed to open its doors to medical teams from 10 neighboring |
| 1:50.0 | countries. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will help distribute foreign aid, but the |
| 1:55.4 | UN staff is still barred from the Irrawaddy Delta, where it says conditions are terrible. |
| 2:01.1 | Elizabeth Beers speaks for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva. |
| 2:06.0 | And Ms. Beers, thank you very much for joining us today. |
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