Jeffrey Toobin and Ariel Levy on the Supreme Court gay-marriage decisions.
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 28 June 2013
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Jeffrey Toobin and Ariel Levy on the Supreme Court gay-marriage decisions.
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| 0:58.2 | This week, the Supreme Court upended the Voting Rights Act, |
| 1:01.5 | struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, |
| 1:03.5 | and effectively allowed same-sex marriages in California. |
| 1:07.0 | All three decisions hinged on the swing vote of Justice Anthony Kennedy. |
| 1:10.8 | There's some 40,000 children in California, according to the Redbury. All three decisions hinged on the swing vote of Justice Anthony Kennedy. |
| 1:18.4 | There are some 40,000 children in California, according to the Red Brief, that live with same-sex parents. |
| 1:24.2 | They want their parents to have full recognition and full status. |
| 1:27.5 | The voice of those children is important in this case, don't you think? |
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