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marriage have uniformly noted that it is entirely rational for, in fact the eighth circuit in the bruning case dealing with a proposition from nebraska that contained identical language to proposition 8, that it was entirely rational for the people in that state to confer and retain the inducements and benefits of the institution of marriage for opposite sex couples who can procreate and including procreate unintentionally, creating unwanted pregnancies that threaten society's interests, and not extend, not extend marriage to same-sex couples who simply don't represent that same societal interest. the interests of society that are vitally implicationed by sel relationships between opposite sex couples are simply not implicated in the same way. my time is well past. >> yes it is, but i wanted to see if judge smith was through with his questions. >> well, i'll skip the last question, thank you. my last question was, do you think this -- [ laughter ] -- rational, since the good judge has given me opportunity, do you think this rational would satisfy the more searching form of rational basis

attorney general john bruning joins me from nebraska. great to have you here.hy have you and your colleagues threatened to sue the obama administration. what is the legal basis for the potential lawsuit? >> well, it it is a war on religion. this is a violation of the first amendment. freedom of religion is what this country was based upon. you had people that came over on boats all the way from england to worship freely and now you have a federal government trying to tell people they have to violate their conscience when they provide insurance. this is very problematic. we will sue. nothing has changed in this so-called compromise. >> mike: i think that was my next follow-up because the president walked a little back yesterday. although i'm not sure that he did. but he appeared to be pushing it now off on insurance companies. you still think the legal issue remains. so, the basis of the lawsuit, how will you approach this? >> well, think about for example a catholic diocese that is self-insured so they put their money in a pool and have whoever might administer

>> well, we filed our complaint, along with the other six states, attorney general john bruning started basically where we go from here, this complaint basically claims the first amendment is being trampled at the expediency at the growth of government, and we're asking for the court to give us declaratory relief, to declare the regulations unconstitutional, in violation of the freedom restoration act, and also, to enjoin the federal government from promulgating these regulations that violate these first amendment rights. martha: we'll see where it goes, thank you, sir, for joining us from south carolina. >> thank you. bill: 6000 votes in our online poll. martha: wow! we thought it might go to 5000. let's set it at 7000 in the next seven minutes! bill: so a guy tries to rob a pharmacy but the employee has something else in mind. he got away after this. but wait until you hear how police caught up to him. >>> he's a rising star in the catholic church and a lot of talk about tim dolan, the vatican, the united states. could the new cardinal become the first american pope? >> martha: intere

marriage have uniformly noted that it is entirely rational for -- in fact, the eighth circuit in the bruning case dealing with a proposition from nebraska that contained identical language to proposition 8, that it was entirely rational for the people in that state to confer and retain the inducements and benefits of the institution of marriage for opposite-sex couples who can