what does it -- >> i like "gay." it's so much happier. (laughter) >> stephen: really. gay? >> gay! you know --. >> stephen: so gay is okay. i thought it was gay and lesbian. >> i just love gay because it's so happy. >> stephen: really. >> yes, i'm a gay woman. >> stephen: you're not offended because you're being chosen because you're sgha. >> i'm proud of it! i love it! are you kidding? just the opposite. come on! >> stephen: you have said that the lgbt fight for rights is a civil rights struggle of the 21st century. >> it's one of them absolutely. or the one, yes. >> stephen: does that make russia the alabama of the 21st censurely. >> sure, why not? >> stephen: one more thing. the last thing on here. you will admit the last time you were on this show there was some -- there was some meet between the two of us. >> i actually -- didn't i just talk about your twinkley brown eyes? absolutely! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: well, thank you. do you think there will come a time when society will accept love between a happily married man and a gay woman? (laughter) >> i hope so! >> ste

they want to talk gay, we show them gay. we change the national anthem to "it's raining men". >> i am all about that. i am all about that. >> can you imagine their faces every time we win a gold -- ♪ it's raining men "7 men" in stores on february 1st. >> since you are plugging my book they might not kill you. actually it does seem slightly childish that obama is doing this, actually. >> well, i have a -- i believe that when you compare it to what putin has done to us, syria, snowden, and you respond with, look at our gays. >> we are sending billy gene king. >> i actually think it is a little lame. >> gays should be going so i am glad about that. but it is a symbolic gesture and not a real act. >> here is what it is like. it is as if we had -- instead of sending great african-american athletes to berlin's olympics we sent a token black guy, right? let's find a black guy and send him. why? we have great athletes who happen to be black. we obviously had 400 something athletes in the olympics and i'm sure some are gay. >> it wil

when you are gay, you made a choice to be gay. they will say that they did not, but i think they did. whether you are white or hispanic or handicap, you had no choice at all. god made you that way. but we are going to have to address some other issues before we address the gay marriage thing. host: what do you think should utahn to those folks in who actually got married in utah since december 20 before the supreme court's move yesterday? because of point of law, they should be married. i don't know if i'm for gay marriage or not, but by the law, upholding it is the way it works. we will have to live with it. the supreme court makes the rules and they ruled that it was should bey grandfathered in. that is the way to go. after the supreme court ruling, the rest of the people that are not married will have to see where it goes. will probably rule in utah that it is unconstitutional to do that. writes, "last year, the supreme court issued two landmark rulings in favor of same-sex marriage, but sidestepped a larger question about whet

marriage, there's the concern of gay discrimination. even though a lot of states allow gay memory, some allow gaye discrimination. >> virginia is a great example. we hope we'll have marriage equality there soon. this friday they killed a bill that would have allowed second parent adoption, affecting how these married couple protect the children. >> what does gay discrimination look like? what is happening to gay couples that are legally married in the different states. >> i spoke to a couple today, and they had to recently move from michigan to minnesota. they had to leave their families, jobs and friends. in michigan, they were upprotected even though they were legally married. >> why did they have to leave? >> if you are not protected your family is not recognised as a family. you can't make decisions appropriately. you can't have the kind of relationship with your children. you can be denied. discrimination on that level. when you consider all the different laws, and how some states allow it and some don't, do you recommend gay coupl

>> anyone who helps a gay person or patronizes or operates a gay organization can be prosecuted. >> jonwhat the (bleep)! [laughter] not just gay people anybody who helps -- they are not just going after will, now they are going after grace. [ laughter ] nigeria -- [ applause ] -- yes, i believe they are applauding. i remember that show. [ laughter ] nigeria on their way but still clearly the gay phobic country to beat this year is mother russia. they have homefield advantage and a star who has been making a real name for himself vladmir putin a man equally at home horseback riding or hunting or speaking at a funeral. [ laughter ] another thing i'll always remember about grandpa. what a contrast in styles burr to see. the african brand of homophobia aggressive, slashing. the russians more strategic, they are chess players, subtler, almost seeming to disavow their anti-gay bias until the last second. >> we aren't banning anything. we have no criminal punishment for such relations. >> jon: there's vladmir putin gorgeous head fake and now let's watch him drop the hammer. >> one can feel rel

i'm proud to be openly gay. i were still young enough to be going to the olympics to perform, this would give me such high incentive, i would be crazed. i would be like, let's go. >> what would you say to putin? >> to putin? >> yes. >> please change this law. just be inclusive. champion everyone. >> translator: the russian people have their own cultural code. their own tradition. we don't interfere, don't stick our noses in their life, and we ask that our traditions and culture are treated with the same respect. >> his position keeps sports and politics separate. and when pressed, putin pushes back. >> translator: russia does not criminally prosecute people for being gay, unlike in over one-third of the world's nations. 70 of the world's nations consider homosexual behave a crime. seven out of the 70 use capital punishment for homosexuality. what does it mean? does it mean we need to cancel any major international sports events in those countries? probably not. >> his critics fear the real crackdown will come af

has worked with a gay person. i'm a big proponent of gay marriage. being black i'm really -- it sucks when racism reers its ugly head. you see it all the time. you see it all the time. i want to be inclusionary. if a guy is gay, i want nothing but the best for him. i was produced jason, you don't want anybody to have to hide their identity. >> right. and you look at the way it's played out seemingly to me, that the majorities of the people who are against gay marriage always cite some type of religion, whether it's christianity, islam, what have you. you have come out at least to where some people claim to be christian one time only when it's convenient for what they're arguing. >> being from the south, being baptist, they're always talking about don't judge other people but they judge everybody. and it really frustrates me. like, i don't know, to be honest with you, i have this argument with my mom because she's one of those bible thumpers. and i don't know where i am on religion. i believe there is a supreme bei

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it's the gays that have to be more conservative. the rationale on his shows you know i mean i used to debate politics with jimmy on this program and not gay politics we would debate economics and so you know i didn't even come out to go pro didn't even come out for marriage equality until after the twenty twelve election that's how little they cared about gay rights how can you possibly going to conservative movement comfortable with the idea of being gay or supporting gay people if you're not talking about this as their own sort of it's only family well i'm the young guy ok so we can talk about you know i'm going on twenty eight and it's partly a generational thing. just isn't first of all you're talking about barry goldwater who near and dear to my heart my political life and he's totally right i mean here's here's the thing two things number one jimmy said in a speech at the competitive enterprise institute and i can remember if it was last year it was two thousand and twelve but he made the point very clear that i do not constru

gay men with h.i.v. cannot access services. >> michael, thank you for sharing your story. >> a federal judge in tulsa declared oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriage an unconstitutional saying it violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. l assume sex couples will not walk down the isle, the judge put the ruling on hold until a similar appeal case in utah is decided. >> fall out from a statement by key israeli officials, when the israeli official described secretary of state john kerry as obsessive when it came to peace in the middle east. the white house called it offensive. >> there's no sign of a breakthrough in the ratest round of israeli palestine peace talks. the israeli defence minister says the process is a waste of time, blaming the u.s. secretary of state. according to israel's largest newspaper he said during a private conversation: >> as for the talks himself, he was just as displaysive. >> there's no allegations with the palestinians. americans are holding negotiations with us

we have gone to maybe 70/30 against gay marriage, or the nation of gays and lesbians. >> in the presbyterian churches, they say we are going to take our property and our missions and we are just go to- -just going go over and form another denomination. do you see more of that? >> it is more of that trend. i think we have lost a half a dozen groups in california, nevada, probably 300 or so. and i think it is happening maybe across the board in other places. but it is harder because we are a part of an united union, so you cannot necessarily take the property and some churches have gone to court .a few have won- -to court. a few have won because we need to have a deed to the property that makes sure that it happens. and no church owns their property. >> and the practical matter of you can be endangered if you are supporting that. >> that is right. >> okay, so that is another big issue, of 2013, what else if? >> i would say also, um, gun control. gun control, we still have, what it is, 30,000 people die of gun control, canada across the border mite have 35--might have 35, 50 people, you know, t

i mean, a lot of people assumed robert roberts was gay just like they assumed anderson cooper was gay. but if you're part of the broad spectrum of america, is that a realistic fear these days? >> it depends on who you are. it was interesting because it shows how far we've come in two years, which is that he came out in a memoir. there was a publicist coordinating the rollout. it was treated like a major, major announcement. this time it wasn't quite ellen degeneres on the cover of "time" magazine, but it was still treated with great car and it shows how much the country has evolved. one last thing i want to say about duck dynasty is half of on our country still oppose easy gay marriage. but 59% of americans say they have no problem with gay relationships. they find them morally acceptable. so we've moved a lot. i think if you're an anchor in the deep south in a really conservative area, it could still be a problem. >> so if possible, sam champion, he came out. i don't know if gma is still number one or not, but is it possible it does turn off part of a key audience? >> no, i dish i th

he died because he was gay. what do i know add the egg egg people here this year but has since the school set of six who does that mean you shouldn't be in the hills. does that mean we should be tortured. i think it's tuesday. her son's body was flown in his home last july. eric and i was well known that the key rights activists in cameroon the funeral the family and friends. originally designed to protect the american ambassador's strong message eric's fellow activists in his new tenants. this was a crime their expense friend is visiting his home for the first time since the merger. it was he who discovered the body. i don't see it it was here. you should trust you when i arrived and there was a very strong smell. this is my thoughts down. i hope it's not a decomposing body. so to say his body was in his head was really you could tell that someone really tortured him his space is known as announced his testicles and especially his pay more in perspective. there was never able to see. it has been little headway

he died because he was gay. what do i know add the egg egg people here this is what sets the school sale was that it does that mean he has been killed since does that mean we should be tortured. i think it's tuesday. her son's body was flown in his home last july eric and katie was well known that the key rights activists in cameroon the funeral the family and friends rachel and my pursuit there's a strong message for eric's fellow activists continue to speak with a crime their expense friend is visiting his home for the first time since the merger. he swears he discovered the body. i don't see it it was here. when i arrived and there was a very strong smell. this is my thoughts down. i hope it's not a decomposing body. so to say his body was in his head was really you could tell that someone really tortured him. space is known as mount statistical i would especially his pay will increase with that. there was never able to see. it has been that way in the inquiry the program seed sowing fear among eric's friends

mike gay, the manager has been there 35 years. mike? 35 years. [ applause ] some of the highlights, i guess, everybody knows the famous catch. the catch. we've had heroes bill walsh, joe montana in an and ka-aper nick and there is many more. we'll hold on to those memories. the 1989 world series, who could forget. i was there as people ran out on the field. that was the playoff games. willie mays, jack clark, the beatles concert at -- stick park. it's really been an extraordinary journey for that location and as i say it's bitter sweet. a lot of people put in a lot of hard work over the period of time. on behalf of mayor lee who was unable to attend, i'm going to present a certificate of honor to you from the mayor and i'm going to ask our general manager to say a few words and alvarez and ask vice-president of operations with the 49ers to say a few words and we'll recognize you with a momento of this occasion. on behalf of mayor lee, i want to thank each one of you. >> thank you, commissioner. bitter sweet is certainly the word as i lo

russia doesn't want scandals with disciplining the gay olympians.hink we're not going to see possibly any incidents during the olympics. but what happens after the olympics is, i think very scary. >> that's a really interesting point. and putin also told george that he was defending this law even more. and said that one-third of the world's nations do criminally prosecute people for being gay. and some of those countries actually use capital punishment for it. so, that's one of his defenses. >> that means two-thirds of the world doesn't. they have assured themselves all kinds of uncomfortable demonstrations, from their standpoint. i would think that a lot of gay athletes have demonstrations planned. some kind of frm form of resistance. putin told reporters that olympic athletes that are gay will not confront bias. should be interesting. >>> coming up, the big bash this weekend at the white house. the glitz, the glamour, the star-studded guest list and what every attendee was told to bring with them. >>> and ahead in our next half hour, twin-sanity.

m anti-gay attacks are on the rise in russia. these women who kissed in protest of russia's treatment of gays. human rights groups say they're being beaten while the police look on. vigilante groups have been using the internet to meet and ambush gay men. they call it going on safari. >> this is one video, a man's hair is shaved and a rainbow is painted on his skull. later he's made to drink what is urine. >> this man is told he can lose an eye or be sexually assaulted by a large fork. russia's actual treatment of gays has prompted some to call for a boycott of the olympic gam games. i spoke to brian boitano before putin made his latest remarks. >> explain your process on this because you didn't know who was going to be on the delegation. when did you decide to make a statement? >> i saw. >> you know, the other people that were named to the delegation, billie jean king, caitlin cahow, both of whom are openly gay. and i read the message president obama was planning on sending with the delegation, that of tolerance and diversity. a

>> i'm gay. i'm gay. >> okay. not me, honey, i am fem. >> you have your masculines that are more manly, straight acting, straight looking. >> what's really going on? >> then you have your fems that are, you know, some of them take hormones so they act like girls. >> they live their life as women in the world. transsexuals, drag queens. they're walking around with bras, thongs, things in their hair, being dramatic, loud. 80% of the fights are the fems. shut the [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. that's [ bleep ]. that's [ bleep ]. >> though eloy orosco is housed with the masculines, he was classified as a feminine at an earlier stay at bexar county. >> this time around i butched up, and said i was masculine. they put me in the masculine group. i don't want to beep with drama queens and girls. i'm trying to be with the boys. >> starting at age 16, orosco has been in and out of the bexar county jail. he was recently convicted for burglary and is back now after violating parole. orosco believes his experience in jail ha

the boy scouts of americans will now allow openly gay scouts.under the old rules kids can't be banned but the organization still has a ban against gay troop leaders. there has been tough criticism and heavy financial pits from those who oppose the move. and this change in the law, pass could you teseiat. you've got a fascinating store oh story. you were attempting to become the first openly gay eagle scout. tell what's this change in the policy means for you? >> well, for me it starts out as being a--first off, today is the first day that i'm allowed to be a boy scout and marks the day that i can officially start working on my eagle. >> you can start today, okay. >> yes, well, i have been working on t and today is the first day that means i can no longer be kicked out of boy scouts, and there is no longer a ban on gay youth. i can work on my eagle project, all my service hours, and hopefully i'll have my board of review late in january. >> how big a deal is this for you, this change in policy? >> it is a huge deal for me because i have been part

unlike people of my generation, they all have young friends that where gay. they see television programs on where there are gay couples who they identify with. you know, my generation didn't experience that. we now find out that many of our friends were gay, but it was all kept in the closet. when you know one who is gay, it changes your attitude on a lot of these issues. your generation wrestles with another issue and that was divorce. absolutely. that's absolutely the case. in the 50's, if the catholic teacher got divorced and remarried, he or she could lose their job. the bishops no longer fight over that. the bishops no longer push that. and you know they are still against divorce. unless people go through a complicated annulment process, you can't get remarried. we with don't fire teachers that get divorced, we don't necessarily fire teachers if we know they are living with someone. on many of these issues the church's practice like the u.s. army, don't ask, don't tell. what becomes problematic for bishops is when these things become very visible, as the

bimbo winehouse is a gay cross trusser. he identifies as a gay man and is not a trans woman. he is hooking up -- he is not hooking up with trans women. he is hooking up with gay men who cross dress. i think he that. >> a big shout out to bimbo. >> or anyone named bimbo. >> he said no offense to trans women, but you are only good for oral sex. >> i figured out why this is on at 3:00 a.m. >> this is the only story we are doing about sex. >> stop being all jersey right now. let it flow, girl. let it flow. stop being like that. >> how do you know me so well? you just met me. >> i know, but i went through your stuff. >> i am so uncomfortable. >> you have a nice purse. >> isn't there a comir -- commercial break coming? >> not even close. >> there is a second part to the story. >> we should always say the great bimbo winehouse. >> is bimbo winehouse dead? >> no. >> they usually call you great after -- never mind. >> there is a little part in this "gq" interview i find interesting. after he was arrested for public lewdness, this is how he was depressed and he worked through his depre

being gay is natural, hating gay is a lifestyle choice. i completely agree with that.bible. but we've gotten past that. and now we are at a different point. so we're at a different value point in our culture today. if we're going to cherry pick from the bible we've got to be careful about that. and the media is going to go back and use their christianity as a plate form to spout hate. that's ridiculous. >> the other thing i want to get into a little bit. sue, before the show i read the story when you said you were a lez bee back in 2002 and at the end of the story it's said what's left to be seen is how it will affect the ens dorsmentes for her. did it affect the endorsements for you? >> i thought that just ruined the story because we spent two days doing this great story about me and basketball and what it went to me and now i was like now the story just changed, the headline changed because of this one facet of who i am. i don't think it changed anything for endorsements. i didn't have a lot of endorsemen endorsements. it goes over to major sports nfl or nba. the top

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totally ignored even by the gay establishment. it's a crying shame that gay people across this country to have whisper behind your backs at the shame of what's happening in san francisco. they dare not embarrass you publically because gays aren't supposed to fight with each other. so let's put it this way. how long is a dead gay man going to be ignored? president david chiu: thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, john in san francisco. the power of christmas is back. what a power it is. it has been around for hundreds of years. i don't mean the power of money. it is the birthday and celebration of a personal friend to all of us. a friend to each of us that we can enjoy alone or with others. the only way that you can experience him is through your imagination. you can imagine him to be your make believe friend or your real friend. whatever works for you. a friend that will always be there through eternity. you don't need the internet to do so. all he asks of you is to love him in return. there are some that want to take him aw

are these they extreme conservatives who are right to life, pro-assault weapon, anti-gay? what they are -- who they are? [laughter] >> jon: i didn't know there were that many sill liables -- sill -- sylallsble circumstances in gay. either he is spending way too much time with senator schumer or he is my grandmother. who are they, gaaaay? >> if that's who they are, if they are the extreme conservatives they have no place in the state of new york. >> jon: whoa. that's a little rough. cuomo wasadvising new york's republican party to clarify the identity to stay viable in this left leaning state but it accidentally came out as (bleep) (bleep), (bleep) (bleep). [ laughter ] not he's best moment. as we know minority groups in new york can be very sensitive. one type of new york are not in particular. >> -- minority in particular. >> no place in the state of new york. governor, you don't want me. tell me specifically why i'm not allowed to be here. i'm leaving. as soon as i can get out of here, i am out. [cheers and applause] >> jon: wow. what a wholly unexpected response to that

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