- maybe more but the two principle ones are, one, the plaintiffs want to be married and are being denice the right to be married. and, two, one marriage exists and they want recognized as a marriage. what direct role does the governor of the attorney general have in doing either one of those things, between marriage licensers or recognizing foreign marriages established. >> they set the policy for the agencies of the state government with respect to, for example, to marriages that are undertaken outside the state. people go to the state agencies, for example, the state taxing and revenue authority, and that authority will have to determine, are we going to recognize this couple as married for tax purposes or not? and the good and the attorney general control those matters. >> let me -- while we're on that broad discussion, it seems to me the governor and the attorney general would have broad plenary thought with respect to enforcement of amendment three. let me ask you this. the children of gay marriage couples whose marriages have been recognized in another state, such as iowa, how will