hi everyone this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. on edge markets plunge lines grow, and fears spread. why the greece crisis matters. and what happens if the country defaults. broken vows using fate to fight a fundamental right. >> one man, one woman! >> tonight we take you to the front lines in the battle against same-sex marriage. failing grade for profit

for shame. >> they overcharge. students get so deeply in debt they drop out, or get worthless diplomas and can't find a job. >> reporter: we talked to senator durban about whether washington can stop it. plus stroke of genius, the painting of jacob lawrence and a new appreciation for this ground-breaking african american artist. ♪ we begin with the crisis in greece, and the impact it is already having here and around the world. investors fearing greece will default on its debt they started selling and didn't stop selling. the dow dropped 350 points the worst day of the year. and in greece time is running out before its bailout program expires on tuesday. the banks are closed and there

are severe limits on how much of their own money citizens can withdraw from atm's. in athens tens of thousands of anti-austerity demonstratored gathered to show support for greece's embattled government. many say they are confident that greeks will vote to stay in the euro zone in sunday's referendum. we get more from barnaby phillips. >> reporter: this petrol station on the edge of athens is closed until a tanker turns up with new supplies. as we drove around the city we saw about a third of stations were closed the result of pan aked buying over the weekend. but the greek economy could grind to a halt. >> translator: there's no shortage of petrol. there's plenty. but petrol stations need to pay for it up front in cash now that the banks are closed.

>> reporter: and for now the banks are firmly shut with confusion outside, some people could take the daily limit of 60 euros from the machines others weren't so lucky. most vulnerable, the pensioners many of whom don't have bank cards. this 82 year old waits outside the bank to collect his pension with friends. he heard a report it would open at midday. it didn't. he waited an hour then gave up. so there are a lot of questions for the greek finance minister although he wasn't answering them. instead we heard accusations of betrayalal from the european commission in brussels. >> translator: egotism, tactical games, and after all of my

efforts and the efforts made by the commission and other institutions involved i feel a little betrayed because due consideration has not been given to my efforts and the efforts of others who are very numerous. >> reporter: in germany, angela merkel doesn't want to go down in history as the header who presided over the breakup of the european union. >> translator: we have to fight for our principals. otherwise otherwise we will suffer. >> reporter: but in greek the prime minister said he is holding up european values and international creditors have no right to interfere with his country's democracy. >> translator: i am under the impression that the creditors are quite confused. obviously they power is in danger. they do not want the referendum

in greece. >> reporter: the prime minister's supporters those urging a no vote in the referendum were out in force in central athens. in greek, no is ahi, a simple word, by it resinates with defiance. these protesters say that if anyone has been betrayed it's the greek people who have endured five years of austerity and seen no economic recovery in site. the consequences of defying europe could be catastrophic, but these people are prepared to take that risk. in theory there's still time for last-minute deal. in practice there's such feeling between them that the chances of compromise are fast slipping away. nicklas is an economics professor with nyu's stern

school of business in mountain view california. who's fault is it do you think, that greece has not had a recovery? >> well, you know, greece was recovering in the spring of 2014, and then these elections happened and the prospect of the elections and created huge amounts of uncertainty, and then the left-wing government was elected, the one we have now, and that really detailed completely the recovery. so we were on the way to recovery greece could enter the financial markets in april 2014 it issued bonds, things looked very good and then suddenly we're at the brink of a disaster right now. >> exactly what do you mean? obviously the markets around the world responded. there's a lack of gasoline good supplies you can't get cash in athens.

what does this mean for greece in the next few days? >> well this government extremelier responsibly, at the end of the program, which ends tomorrow decided to make a referendum next week -- i mean next sunday so everything fell apart. there's no money. the banks are closed. people are panicking, but this is not peculiar given the circumstances. the people who run greece are amateurs, who didn't want to take responsible themselves the government to have a deal to make the deal happen and instead trying to pass on the responsibility to the greek people. if they say no they will be out of the european union. it will be a disaster. >> describe what you see now? >> you see people lining outside the banks, but if they go

through this suddenly they will be able to buy half or one third of what they are used to buying right now, so you can imagine how mad people are going to be when from one day to the next they can buy only half of what they used to. >> do the majority of the greek people understand that? >> i don't know if they understand it but that will hopefully by sunday. they will also lose half of the money they have in the bank. they will be converted to a crazy exchange rate. >> will the banks survive? >> the government says the banks are going to reopen on tuesday. that's the biggest piece of propaganda i have ever heard. how can they open without money. if greeks vote no there will be no money and the banks cannot open. >> nicklas, do you see a way out? >> yeah, there is a way out. the way out is for greeks who are overwhelmingly proeuro to

vote yes, and then have negotiation, hopefully with a different government in charge with greece, with the creditors and have a reasonable solution. greece is not a crazy place. it's not a very poor place, i mean but suddenly this band of people who are totally irresponsible take over and they want to drive us to become a third-world country. greece is not a third-world country. it is in the center of europe. >> nicklas, it's good to have you with us. we'll watch with you as this referendum approaches. in a half hour some answers about the greek crisis. now to another deadline with global implications. discussions over iran's nuclear program, and they are entering the home stretch in vienna. they have just hours left to reach a deal.

tonight there are signs that talks could go into overtime. mike viqueira is in washington. mike? >> reporter: good evening, john, back in the beginning of april, when they reached that interim deal with iran a lot of people felt the heavy lifting was over but it's clear will are major obstacles that remain in the way of a final deal. after a weekend of talks in vienna, secretary of state john kerry gave no hint about when or if there will be a final deal. >> we're just working and it's too early to make any judgments. >> reporter: his iranian counter part left vienna. he is expected back tuesday after consultations in tehran. meanwhile the obama administration concedes the talks are likely to miss the june 30th deadline. >> we're still focused on the

most comprehensive agreement, and if we to work a little bit longer obviously they will do that. >> reporter: the key sticking points how much access will nuclear inspectors have? the u.s. and its partner say there will be total access the iranians say no. and the time label. the iranians insist that all sanctions be lifted on day one of a deal. the u.s. side says the easing will be gradual. the u.s. thought they agreed on those points back in april. but since then iran's supreme leader has drawn a hard line as skeptics in the u.s. continue to call the talks a mistake. >> i fear we have pained ourselves into a corner where we

believe that any deal is better than no deal. >> after more than a year and a half of negotiations you know, we have got the -- we have got the final agreement within our sights, but ultimately it is going to require some serious commitments from the iranians. >> reporter: john it's no secret there are critics of this deal and this deadline this delay and latest line has given them more fuel to the fire. and israel's prime minister always criticizing the u.s. for sitting down with iran. at the supreme court a 5-4 decision allowing states so use a controversial drug to carry out executions.

a group of death row inmates argue that using the drug violates the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punish initialment. >> reporter: the drug at the center of the case has been used in 15 executions it is a sedative and states say they have to turn to this drug because drug companies won't sell them the older more reliable drugs they used in the past. in a 5-4 decision, the supreme court gave the states the green light to keep using this drug. the deep divisions of the high court were front and center in this case. in a highly unusual move four justices read their opinions from the bench. the drug is administered first to render convicts unconscious, so they don't feel the next two

drugs, one to paralyze breathing, the other to stop the heart. but in a botched execution in oklahoma convicted murder clayton locket regained consciousness, and began writhing in many pain. and in executions in ohio and arizona it also failed to work completely, with inmates gasping and chokes. one for two hours before dying. so the question before the court, does the use of the drug violate the eighth amendment ban against cruel and unusual punish punishment. alito said no he wrote, quote: he also found that quote, the prisoners failed to identify a known and available alternative of execution, and then tails a

lesser risk of pain. that's required he said to find a violation of the eighth amendment. but justice soda mayor, said an alternative leads to absurd consequences, she wrote quote: in a separation dissent steven breyer brought up the elephant in the room the death penalty itself, writing, quote: he argued it is highly likely it is unconstitutional not carried

out reliably or quickly, and handed down arbitraryily. that brought a rewrote from scalia who called the dissent, quote, gobbledy gook. a should group of opponents agreed with breyer that the court and country needed a broader conversation about capital punishment. >> we shouldn't be killing people. >> reporter: but there is clearly no majority on the court for revisiting the death penalty itself. >> reporter: some state have started to look for alternatives for lethal injections. opponents of the death penalty have been heartened by the fact that the red state of nebraska recently became the 19th state to abob lish the death penalty. public debate over lethal

injection ignited after the botched execution of an inmate in 2013. heidi zhou castro has more on that. >> reporter: four a roomful of witnesses prepared to see the unimaginable, the scene behind the glass window took an unexpected turn. >> he was grimacing, clenching his jaw. his body was shaking. several times his entire head and shoulders lifted off of the gurney >> reporter: somebody weeks of problems lawsuits and delays locket was the first if oklahoma to receive a previously untested dosage of untested drugs. florida had used the mixture in the past but with five times the amount of sedative. inside the chamber, locket refused to make any last

remarks, and the war done announced the start of the execution. a all right by the oklahoma department of public safety said it took seven minutes for locket to lose consciousness. the next two were administered, and then locket woke up. witnesses said his body started writhing and buckling >> he said something is wrong. he said man at one point. >> witnesses were escorted out of the viewing room. later he died on the table, 43 minutes after the initial dose. >> they wanted to hurry up and again it done with as little transparency as possible. >> reporter: initially it was believed he died of an heart attack, but an independent autopsy determined that he did die as a result of lethal

injection. he was convicted of the 199 murder of a 19-year-old woman who he kidnapped raped and buried alive. >> there is no such thing as a clean, humane or painless way to kill a human being. >> reporter: and thousands of inmates sit on death row across the country, courts are paying close attention to today's supreme court ruling. heidi zhou castro, al jazeera, dallas. jan moreno is a staff attorney are the death clinic. she has worked on challenges tolet -- to lethal injection. welcome. give us your reaction to the court. >> my first reaction is it's unfortunately that the majority ignored a lot of the scientific evidence.

this drug doesn't work the way it needs to work. and found that this procedure is constitutional. >> there will there be other drugs that work. >> reporter: a handful of states have carried out executions using a single drug. and the state of oklahoma say they cannot get those drugs. we don't know what lengths they went to find them. >> so what is the impact of this case? can you hear me? >> yeah. >> so what is the impact of this case? >> well, certainly the impact immediately will be that the states that have this drug in their protocol will be allowed to use it and that certainly florida and oklahoma we know will resume executions using this questionable drug. i think it's too soon to say what long-term affects there

will be or if we'll see more botched executions with this drug. >> what are you trying to achieve here? >> certainly the most immediate goal is to ensure if states are carrying out executions they are doing so in a manner that is consistent with the 8th amendment, and they are not causing unconstitutional pain and suffering. >> would you agree with that man who was in that package who said there is no humane way to kill someone. >> there are ways to carry out executions, the court has said that. but this drug doesn't seem up to the task at hand and that's a sere serious problem. >> thank you so much. coming up next for-profit colleges leaving students with heavy debt and worthless degrees.

and same-sex resistance. the officials who were encouraging government employees to defy the highest court in the land. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of taylor swift's music videos interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. allegations against some for-profit colleges have been pilings up so has the debt for many students who say their degrees are worthless.

now the government is taking steps to help ease the debt. but if say the white house and congress should be doing much more. michael shure is in washington tonight. >> good evening, john that's exactly right. a lot of people are saying including the secretary of education, saying the congress has to do more about this. we have some people telling us this is the next sub-prime bubble beginning to burst, and everybody saying this is another case of washington needing to follow the money. what's impeding legislation on for-profit colleges, which i know is a pet issue of yours. >> i have offered it several times. it turns out they have friends in high places. >> reporter: richard durban is talking about for-profit colleges, an industry he and other critics say is rife with fraud. >> they overcharge students are

deeply in debt, and have worthless degrees and can't find a job. >> reporter: we sat with scene for in his capitol office. >> you find it when you try to take them on. and i have tried several times. some of the highest-ranking people in congress come to their defense. >> reporter: he says the bankruptcy of corin threeian college falls on the backs of many. >> 10% of high school graduates go to for-profit schools. 20% of all of the federal aid of education goes to those schools. 44% of all the student loan defaults in america are students from for-profit schools. >> that's a very good question -- >> reporter: but watch dog groups say an entirely different

set of numbers stand in the way of oversight. >> they have spent more than $43 million lobbying washington. >> reporter: vivica is with the center for responsible politics. >> a lot of people think that lobbying money is spent to get action. as often as not it is spent to stop negative action against the industry. and i think that's more of what you are seeing in this case. >> reporter: according to boomberg the top five ceo's took in over $24 million in combined salary in fiscal year 2014. >> the first person to profit is the ceo. they have taken federal pell grants instead of subsidizing student's education, they create an industry and make themselves some stockholders and other owners rich. >> reporter: tennessee representative steve coen is backing legislation to provide

more oversight. >> the reason is it is difficult to get anything done with these bill is because of lobbies at outrageously large levels. >> $43 million can buy a lot. >> reporter: the biggest chunk of those $43 million has gone to minnesota republican chairman of the house committee on education and the work force, he has received more than $400,000 from the industry over the course of his career. >> it's a lot for one industry to give a member of congress specially as small as it is. >> reporter: we asked him about how he felt of being the biggest recipient of this money. >> i don't sit there and try to evaluate, how much did i get from this sector of that sector. that's now how it works. >> is giving money back an

option? education secretary arne duncan saying lobbying money stands in the way. a department decision to discharge some student loans in the krin three an bankruptcy he said this: really now members of congress like john cline have stood behind those schools, but senator durban says change may come soon with the re reauthorization of the higher education act. >> we send $600 million to corenthian after we knew they were failing. and now these kids are stuck with the loans and the debt and we're stuck as taxpayers

explaining why we continued to funnel money there. i notice my colleagues in the caucus are starting to pay chosen attention. >> reporter: and more than 1.3 million students are paying attention as well. john you saw arne duncan there, and a lot of the problems they are facing have to do with money and repaying debts. they put a special master in charge of deciphering that. that's joseph a smith, and he goes to work right now, getting out of this big big problem. >> you mentioned some colleges that have networks. but does the senator believe that all for-profit colleges are doing the wrong thing here? >> reporter: every person we spoke to said there is a roll for-profit colleges. their genesis was doing things that were trade schools, helping people from not having a job or

a high school diploma into the trades, but we have seen there is a way to make money here and they are uncontrolled. and arne duncan said next we have to look at accreditation. >> michael shure it's an interesting report. thanks very much. coming up next greece is just hours away from defaulting on its debt. how the crisis affects europe the u.s. and the world. and they call themselves mother dragons, mothers of lbgt children trying to change the views of the mormon church.

hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. on the brink, greece's looming debt default, the threat to europe and the world economy. right of refusal. >> one man! one woman! >> a growing backlash and the faith base calls to defy the ruling on same-sex marriage.

family values the mormon moms leading a charge for lbgt acceptance. plus great migration, a turning point in african american history, and the trail blazing artist who captured it. ♪ tonight greece is on the verge of default, investors and economists are keeping close watch on that country. there are fears of financial collapse that could spread. it's already having a major impact on markets around the world. the debt crisis has been complicated, it has been years in the mating -- making. patricia sabga explains. >> reporter: to understand how greece got into this mess you have to go back to the year 2000 when greece was admitted to the euro zone. countries couldn't join the euro zone if their spending was too

high. and greece concealed how much it was spending on a pension system and other things. investors began to no longer turn a blind eye to greece east budget issues. by 2010 greece could no longer afford to issue its death, forcing athens to turn to the ifm, and the european sencentral central bank for two rounds of bailouts. the problem is that bailout money came with painful strings attached like deep cutting in the spending and that caused the economy to contract even further. greeks were thrown out of work the general unemployment rate

tanked at 28%. and youth unemployment is still more than 50%, which begs the question can greece ever repay its debts? the consensus is not without some fort of debt forgiveness, which brings us to a major sticking point. greece wants the relief to be included in a new bailout deal. now everyone is wondering whether greeks will vote no to the latest bailout package in sunday's referendum setting the stage for greece to crash out of the euro zone. what kind of fallout that will entail no one knows for sure. the problems is keeping tourists away that's a main stake of the economy. now that nervousenings has age

pact on the u.s. economy, because in times of turmoil, investors put their money into safe havens like the u.s. dollar and u.s. government debt. in that drives up the value of the dollar against other currencies, which makes goods produced in the u.s. more expensive to buy overseas and people overseas shunning american goods was a big drag on the economy in the first three months of this year. banks in greece are closed and will remain closed until next week people can only withdraw 60 euros a day from atm's and tonight we hear from a young greek who like many in her country is uncertain about the future. >> we cannot afford life in greece. the banks are closed. we don't know what to do.

since our prime minister announced this referendum in three days there was 1.3 billion euros coming out from the banks, so we have this capitol control now, and it -- it's just this low that we can't get more than 60 euros per day. it's tough for everyone to survive with 60 euros a day, especially if you have to buy some goods for living. i'm upset because, you know, everyone is a politician economists journalists, they have different scenarios, and there is nothing like clear for the people. the people are frustrated feeling like that we might have a war or something. they are threatened, the people are threatened. i'm not sure if i want to be in the european union anymore, because i'm working to pay the

debt i didn't make. i think i will be one of the people who will leave and go abroad. the concerns are hear by politicians, but they don't do anything, like they are fighting in the parliament for nothing. i think it's like fighting for their prestige, not for the people. we don't know what to expect to be honest. we are waiting for this referendum voting. most of the people say that they will say no but i'm -- i hope for the best. the best for the people. >> and she says she will vote no in the upcoming referendum on sunday. the white house responded to a debt crisis closer to home today saying there will be no federal bailout for the u.s. commonwealth of puerto rico. puerto rico's governor said the debt has ballooned to $73 billion.

he wants to negotiate with creditors. there were several major rulings today from the u.s. supreme court. first a 5-4 decision upholding the creation of a bipartisan redistricting commission in arizona. the challenge was brought by arizona's republican-lead state legislature which ordinarily draws election maps. the court said the commission was a legitimate attempt to make redistricting less partisan. also the court temporarily blocked a texas law that krit circumstances say would force many of the state's remaining abortion clinics to stay closed. the stay was granted in response to an emergency appeal by several clinics. it will refrain in effect until the court decides whether or not to hear that appeal. friday's supreme court decision took the issue of same-sex marriage out of state

hands, yet some states remain defiant. k officials have announced efforts to go around the ruling and they say it is their responsibility to guard state's rights and religious freedoms. robert ray reports. >> reporter: a racous pride celebration more special this year after a supreme court ruling made same-sex marriage legal across the country. but some state officials are saying not so fast. even as same-sex couples in texas rushed to tie the knot over the weekend, the governor issued a scathing rebuke of the supreme court decision, and directed state southeast that civil servants cannot be forced to conduct same-sex wedding ceremonies over their religious objections. the state's attorney general also promised legal assistance to clerks who are fined or even sued.

numerous lawyers stand ready to assist, he said in many cases on a pro bono basis, and i will do everything i can to be a public voice for those standing for their rights. at an austinaldy monday day rights activists responded. >> this ruling could not be more clear, and publicer is vakts including clerks should serve the entire public. it's that simple. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: alabama is also fighting back. in a legal battle lead by state supreme court chief justice roy moore. some counties in alabama began performing same-sex marriages back in february. >> very happy. [ laughter ] >> reporter: but monday the state high court issued an injunction which moore said stalls the implementation of the supreme court decision until his own court hears arguments within

25 days. >> these partners were plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage in texas. after the land mark supreme court ruling they say they plan to get married in september. they are in dallas. gentlemen, welcome. can you tell me your reaction to what you are hearing from religious groups and other groups that say they are going to ignore the supreme court decision. >> well our principle concern frankly is with the -- with the attorney general of the state of texas and the governor. what we would like to hear from the governor and the ag is that there is concern about the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian texans as they are of others. so that's our principal concern. the concerns of religious groups in texas, of course we respect their concerns, but we're entitled to be married.

it is now the law of the land and it should proceed. >> but living in a state of texas which after this decision there were a lot of people who said they are going to ignore the supreme court decision. in some cases clerks weren't even allowing all people to get married, because they didn't want gay people to get married. can you tell me personally vick, what impact this has after this celebration? >> the impact for the supreme court really isn't an impact for the supreme court. it cease for the entire country. the u.s. supreme court, the court of the united states has determined that gay marriage is legal, and in fact all marriage gay, straight is in fact legal as a result of that. so to block that that means that the civil servants who are blocking it are defying the civil -- >> i understand the legal ramifications of this.

if i may interrupt. but talk to me personally about this. after you fought for this for a long time -- i mean you have gotten involved in a lawsuit, now it's done. the supreme court has done it. and you hear this reaction personally how do you react to that? >> well we -- we felt demeaned when we heard in 2005, when this constitutional ban in texas was passed and the fact that there is a lack of respect for the decision, so that ban was unconstitutional, continues that sense of being demeaned. we clearly -- expect the state, the counties the local officials to abide by the law. now an individual who is not a state or a county or a local official, if they don't want to agree with my marriage to vick that's okay with us.

they don't have to agree with it. i don't want to pick who they marry. i just also don't want them picking who i marry. >> and it's very disappointing -- >> go ahead. >> it was disappointing to hear from the state leadership this -- this recallstransto follow the highest court in the land. >> that what i was going to ask you. is there a chance we would have states who would have a different set of rules for gay marriage than the rest of the country? >> not in light of this. the ruling from the supreme court is in fact a ruling for all of the 50 states. so yes, this covers everybody, regardless of whether they think it does or not. >> and from our -- we're not completely up to date things have been flying very fast today, so we may be a little bit behind on which counties are defying, and which are not, but

so far i have only heard of one county in texas, hood county that is in fact defying -- continuing to defy the granting of -- of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. and once they learn that they are personably reliable i think they'll come around. >> well we will see. mark and vick we'll keep watching this with you. and we appreciate your time. >> thank you for having us. a group of mormon mothers with gay children is trying to change the way their church views homosexuality, but they find themselves in deep conflict with the teachings. roxana saberi found out more. >> reporter: the mormon church calls same-sex attraction a

complex reality. this mormon mom thinks the church needs to do more to welcome her and her son. when it comes to going to church, her son stays behind. he stopped believing in the mormon faith when he began feeling he was different from everyone he knew. >> it was sixth, seventh grade, when i realized that i was like oh i'm probably gay. >> did you ever try to talk to a bishop? >> no, never. they think it's some sort of disease that you can fix over prayer and talking to your bishop, and that was not okay with me. >> reporter: and his first his mother a devout mormon struggled to accept his sexuality. >> i probably in hind sight didn't do the right thing, i just tried to let it play out, and ultimately it lead to him

trying to overdose on pills and ended up in the hospital. >> reporter: so that was a wake up call? >> absolutely. >> reporter: she searched for guidance, first at the church. but she felt it treated the topic as taboo. >> i felt very lost i felt very lonely. it was a real struggle for me. it was a struggle for our family. >> reporter: until she searched online, and found a facebook group of other mormon mothers with gay children. the group now has members across the world. >> hi! >> reporter: offering one another advice support, and friendship. >> you can talk and someone is talking your language, and it feels like you are not the only one. >> yeah, it's awesome to know there are hundreds of us out there that have kids just like

we do. >> reporter: they also opened their homes to gay more mons who are shunned by their families and sometimes suicidal. >> there are a lot of kids in crisis who are struggling. >> reporter: the religion's stance on same-sex relations is complex. they have a history of excommunicating openly gay members, and encouraging them to go through controversial conversion therapy aimed at making them straight. we were hoping to speak with the church. they declined and directed us to the special website on the subject. the website states: >> bring up an lbgt topic --

>> reporter: huh stockton says since he came out, many church leaders have stopped talking to him, and excluded him from events. >> we have events and some moms have said i don't want my child to go because what if he tries to do something. >> reporter: do you ever break down? >> yeah, i break down. i break down when my son tells me why he can't have friends or why they won't be his friends. what is so wrong with him that they don't want to be his friend? i break down when they tell me that their friends say, you can hang out with me but if my parents new you were gay, i can't hang out with you anymore. >> reporter: mormons learn from an early age that a main pillar of their faith is family. the church leader calls this central to god's plan.

>> homosexual behavior is contrary to those doctrines, has been, always will be and can never be anything budget transgression. i don't know that -- the doctrine is going to change or change quickly. >> reporter: todd is his younger brother. he is gay. >> reporter: would you like to see the church be more progressive? >> i know that's an active conversation among senior leaders of the church of how can we do this better? how can we make sure that love is the way that we are leading on this; and we are doing the best we can. >> reporter: the church has campaigned against same-sex marriage, but supported a bill in utah that protects the lbgt community from discrimination. allison and other mothers want

the children to do more. at the utah pride festival earlier this month, allison marched with her son for the first time. >> she got really a lot more supportive. >> reporter: so how do you reconcile your faith with the way that some people in the church have treated your son because he is gay? >> it's a struggle. i'm not going to lie. i believe in a heavenly father a higher being. i believe he has a plan for all of us, and that includes our lbgt brothers and sisters. ♪ >> reporter: the mormon church says the supreme court's ruling on friday legal wising same-sex marriage across the u.s. does not change its doctrine it says it will continue to promote marriage between a man and a woman, john. >> roxana thank you very much. coming up an historic moment

for african americans captured by a master painter.

and more now on the crisis in greece it's not the first nation to face default on international loans. antonio mora is here with more. >> coming up in the next hour we'll take a look at greece's debt crisis through the lessons experienced by argentina. they defaulted in loans in 2001. that lead to a run on the banks,

violent protests and economic depression, but they managed to stabilize by 2006. >> for the argentinian people the default didn't represent a big change. they continued to use the same currency. but the country continued to operate under the same circumstances. for greece it's going to be quite different. >> we'll also examine the situation in puerto rico where the government like greece is about to run out of cash, but the similarities end there. >> yeah interesting comparison. antonio thanks. tonight the art of jacob lawrence, one of the most celebrated american artists of the 21st century. his painting caught to capture the changing lives of african americans. barbara haskell is the curator at the whitney museum.

>> he was born in the south in 1917 and came to harlem with his family in the 20s. and harlem at that point was the center of african american culture. it was a time of incredible poverty, of course but also incredible hope and he began -- he began as a painter, and at the age of 20 he did these remarkable images. he would pick as his subject matter, he rose from african american history. he did frederick douglas, and others and he could do a sequence of pictures so they were visual stories. for example, his migration series, which is probably his most famous piece is composed of 60 panels that tell the story of the african american migration from the south to the north. very poignant images heart breaking stories about racial violence and trouble, but

there's a sense of people struggling in normal life. but the thing that distinguished lawrence, is one, he picked historic epics, but his work was never divisive he told his story about his people in a way that communicated their perseverance and inner strength. he believed he was pabing the future of people's struggle to better themselves. there is a remarkable consist sensy, this union of realism and modernism, i think he wanted to be remembered as an artist who created bridges and told the epic stories of african american history and told the story of african americans and caucasians working together. that sense of hope and struggle towards something, possibility of a better future was something he hoped his work would communicate. >> jacob lawrence's migration

series is currently on display at new york museum of modern art. that's our broadcast. i'm john siegenthaler. we'll see you back here tomorrow night.

>> showdown in greece. >> if someone says the government will have a stronger negotiating position, with the no vote, it is simply not true. >> i hope the majority of no will be very big. >> greeks stair down a potential default with worldwide consequences. missing the deadline? >> our negotiators continue to pursue the