nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us live outside the supreme court once again. pete, you were there to witness history. >> reporter: indeed so, wendy. it was a historic day. what the majority opinion here says by anthony kennedy is that marriage is a fundamental right and denying that rate to same-sex couples would deny them the protections of liberty from the constitution. he says theft same rights to dignity as anybody else, dignity a keyword for justice kennedy, one he used in a decision go years ago on this very day that instead of emotion of the lower court ruling led to the supreme court decision today. each of the four conservatives filed a separate dissent. chief justice john roberts sort of sounded the theme for the dissenters saying whatever your personal feelings about same-sex marriage are, is a decision that should be made by the people not by the court and the typically barbed comment today justice scalia said if he had