arms though they say the white house is just advancing a radical social agenda while the family research council is raising the stakes in the fight tony perkins head of family research council hosted a ninety eight minute webcast on the issue last month and his guests had some outrageous comments and statements now one was a doctor identified as a former army physician who is skewed rhetoric with a comment about gays and hiv take a listen. individual who is a practicing homosexuals there's no question that there is a significant medical groups that have an increased risk of hiv the increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases in the have an increased risk of psychological disorders. so he's saying of gays are allowed to serve in the military then the hiv rates and psychological disorders will increase i don't really think that with the number of soldiers forced to leave the army soley because of a mental disorder and it was up sixty four percent from two thousand and five to two thousand and nine that psychological disorders are a gay straight issue now the webcast also included iran contra a

defended the judge's decision and got a passionate response from tony perkins, president of the family research council. >> what you have is one judge who thinks he knows, a district level judge and openingly homosexual -- openly homosexual judge that he knows better than the voters in the state. this is far from over. >> reporter: perkins is referring to a february chronicle article that claims judge walker's homosexuality is an open secret. walker had not commend but either way the defense says it won't be a factor as they appeal his ruling to the ninth circuit court. most believe the issue will eventually end up before the u.s. supreme court where he is convinced they will agree with judge walker's decision. >> this is a right well recognized for hundreds of years, individuals to marry. >> reporter: cbs chief legal correspondent says not so fast. also appearing on the talk show circuit, she points out the supreme court would have to set aside the laws of 44 states in order to agree with walker's decision. as the appeals process is just beginning, it could be years before it gets that far. in the new

defended judge walkers decision and got a passionate response from tony perkins, president of family research council>> i think what you have is one judge who things he knows and a district level judge and openly homosexual judge at that who says he knows better than not only 7 million voters in state of california but in 30 states across the nation that have passed marriage amendments. >> reporter: he is referring to a february chronicle article which claims judge walkers homosexuality is quote an open secret. walker has not commented but either way defense says it won't be a factor as they appeal his ruling to 9th circuit court. most feel it will eventually end up in the supreme court where they thing they will agree with judge walkers decision. >> this is a right well recognized for 100 years in terms of the right for eu7bd vid julys to marry. >> reporter: -- individuals to marry. >> reporter: also appearing on the talk show circuit, it is pointed out the supreme court would have to put aside the laws of 44 states to agree with walkers decision. as the appeal process is just beginning it could be

defended the judge's decision and got a passionate response from tony perkins, president of the family research council. >> what you have is one judge who thinks he knows, a district level judge and openly homosexual judge that he knows better than the voters in the state. this is far from over. >> reporter: perkins is referring to a february chronicle article that claims judge walker's homosexuality is an open secret. walker had not commend but either way the defense says it won't be a factor as they appeal his ruling to the ninth circuit court. most believe the issue will eventually end up before the u.s. supreme court where he is convinced they will agree with judge walker's decision. >> this is a right well recognized for hundreds of years, individuals to marry. >> reporter: cbs chief legal correspondent january crawford says not so fast. also appearing on the talk show circuit, she points out the supreme court would have to set aside the laws of 44 states in order to agree with walker's decision. as the appeals process is just beginning, it could be years before it gets that far. in the newsroom,

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tony perkins of the family research council wrote, "this lawsuit, should it beuphee supreme court, would become the "roe v wade" of same-sex marrrriage. overturning the marriage laws of 45 stateses." "it's time for the far left to stop insisting that judges redefine our most fundamental social institution and using liberal courts to attain a political goal they cannot obtain at the ballot box." spencer michaels joins us from outside the federal courthouse in san francisco. spencer, i have a copy of this 136-page ruling here with me. i haven't had a chance to read the whole thing. i don't know about you, but fill us in on what the judge's main ruling is here. >> well, judy, i think the judge agreed pretty much with the people who were opposing proposition 8. i have a copy of it as well, and i want to read just a little bit of the conclusion for you. it says, "proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in sing ling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. indeed, the evidence shows prop 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the california constitution the notion tha

medical research institute; and david prentice is senior fellow for life sciences at the family research council. he served as an advisor to the plaintiffs in this court case. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. dr. snyder, i'll begin with you. essentially what is your reaction to what the judge ruled and the fact that the obama justice department is going to appeal? >> well, i have to echo dr. collins' response that it was both shocking and we recognize that this is a major, major blow to american biomedical research and ultimately health care. >> woodruff: a major blow for what reason? >> yes. well, as was indicated by dr. collins, the biology that we are learning and the therapies that we are getting under our control from using these amazingly important cells could change the face of medical care. it and other stem cells like it have given rise to the entire field called regenerative medicine. in a way this has put a halt to the progress of regenerative medicine. one of the most promising areas of research of this century. >> woodruff: mr. prentice, you hear what the opponents of th

creative partnerships with the red cross, with the national child research council, lots of new ideas being created. divisibility of family issues and visible commitment to families has come up a lot. my impression is that sometimes things become superficial, in the sense that when push comes to shove end people are forced to choose, many decisions referred to giving the military member priority. as soon as things get tight, family members go to the back of the line. as soon as people are outside their comfort zone, they focus on in the service member. to some extent that is understandable, but deployment, military life happens to families. it happens to a system. as long as we do not acknowledge that and design programs, policies and practices that do not a knowledge that, i think we will not be getting the full value from those. in civilian communities, we have also seen an explosion of funding, a lot of innovation, a lot of strategies and programs, but it has been hard to get a valuation data, as has been the case in the military. i will not bore you with all of the reasons why it is incredibly hard to do, i will just

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