for gay marriage well i don't see any because they don't believe that gay marriage exists and here's why it let's go back to love the proponent of gay marriage saying love is love is love but the fact is that there's a difference between the love of two men and love the man the woman the difference being that the love of a man and a woman in most cases and with a child and the child needs a mother to father a child for its entire biological life will need to be raised and will be raised best by its mother and father and so you know that's why it's absurd to claim there's something ethically wrong with seeing the love between a man a woman as being unique that's what that that's what the core of marriage is it's not it's not a valuation of one love versus the other it's saying that different loves result in different things and that's why the vast majority of people will experience love it heterosexually and will have a child and that child will need a mother and father and all the social science shows that children do best when they're raised by their biological mother and father and

for gay marriage well i don't see any because they don't believe that gay marriage exists and here's why it let's go back to love the proponent of gay marriage he straightened out saying love is love is love but the fact is that there is a difference between a love of two men and love a man woman the difference being that the love of a man and a woman in most cases and with a child and the child needs a mother to father a child for its entire biological life will need to be raised and will be raised best by its mother and father and so you know that's why it's absurd to claim there's something ethically wrong with seeing the love between a man or woman as being unique that's what that that's what the core of marriage is it's not it's not a valuation of one love versus the other it's saying that different loves result in different things and that's why the vast majority of people will experience love it sexually and will have a child and that child will need a mother and father and all the social science shows that children do best when they're raised by their biological mother and fa

what about unions civil unions isn't that enough for gay people or gay people say it isn't but what do you think well i think it's very interesting why i think it's very interesting that the cost of civil unions were considered for a time to be a compromise that both sides can agree on and it's really the pro gay marriage advocates that have remove that common ground and so now we have all false choice between either redefining marriage or not legally recognizing other types of unions and so you know for one i'd be interested in looking at legal protections for gay people absolutely but redefining marriage is not the best way to do it and sadly i would say i would i would offer that it's the other side that it's removed their compromise position ok peter in london how would you respond to that well to me love is very important and it is a social good and when people love each other that's something society should validate if you believe in marriage then you should welcome the fact that gay people want to get married because it's good for the individuals and the couple involved it's als

for gay marriage well i don't see any because they don't believe that gay marriage exists and here's why it let's go back to love the proponent of gay marriage he straightened out saying love is love is love but the fact is that there's a difference between the love of two men and love the man woman the difference being that the love of a man and a woman in most cases and with a child and the child needs a mother to father a child for its entire biological life will need to be raised and will be raised best by its mother and father and so you know that's why it's absurd to claim there's something ethically wrong with seeing the love between a man or woman as being unique that's what that that's what the core of marriage is it's not it's not a valuation of one love versus the other it's saying that different loves result in different things and that's why the vast majority of people will experience love it heterosexually and will have a child and that child will need a mother and father and all the social science shows that children do best when they're raised by their biological moth

most gay people or gay couples who want to get married do not have children and will have children so the argument about children is irrelevant as we have seen heterosexual couples who are infertile who don't want to have children they are allowed to get married so let's leave that one to one side but i want to finish with this basic fundamentals are relevant then don't democratic we. if it's around then you know why you don't. you have been so rude throughout this entire never interrupted you once you've been talk to me about twenty times just please hold your tongue it is very important it is very very important that in a democratic society we are all equal before the law there should be no discrimination against anyone already i'm not saying run out of time fascinating discussion many thanks today to my guests in london and in washington and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember. these. wealthy british science says it's now time to. market. scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy cars report on our. government no long

for gay marriage well i don't see any because i don't believe that gay marriage exists and here's why it let's go back to love the proponent of gay marriage saying love is love is love but the fact is that there's a difference between a love of two men and the love a man woman the difference being that the love of the man in the woman in most cases and with the child and the child needs a mother to father a child for its entire biological life will need to be raised and will be raised best by its mother and father and so you know that's why it's absurd to claim there's something ethically wrong with seeing the love between a man or woman as being unique that's what that that's what the core of marriage is it's not it's not a valuation of one love versus the other it's saying that different loves result in different things and that's why the vast majority of people will experience love it heterosexually and will have a child and that child will need a mother and father and all the social science shows that children do best when they're raised by their biological mother and father and s

most gay people or gay couples who want to get married do not have children and will not have children so the argument about children is irrelevant as we have seen heterosexual couples who are infertile who don't want to have children they are allowed to get married so let's leave that one to one side but i want to just finish with this basic fundamentals relevant then don't. we if you're around when you know why you don't. you have been so rude throughout this entire i've never interrupted you once you've been talk to me about twenty times just please hold your tongue it is very important it is very very important that in a democratic society we are all equal before the law there should be no discrimination against anyone. run out of time fascinating discussion many thanks indeed to my guests in london hall and in washington and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember. these. wealthy british style. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports. government no longer represents the. people

[ laughter ] meanwhile, the good news keeps coming for the gays. recently, they got endorsements from the two most powerful branches of american government: the white house, and fox news. [ laughter ] >> our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. >> remember about a year ago, he evolved to seeing things this way on gay rights. look, we are all in agreement, we agree. i don't think there's anyone here that disagrees with anything president obama said on that issue. >> stephen: yes, we conservatives all think gays should have equal rights, and we've been saying it since the beginning of this sentence! [ laughter ] clearly, the lgbt agenda is barreling forward at full speed. at this rate, i may even have to learn what the last two letters of lgbt mean. [ laughter ] i wanna say-- bacon and tomato? [ laughter ] god knows what they're doing with them. [ laughter ] luckily, one brave soul is holding back this rising gay tide like a one-man dike. [ laughter ] i mean -- i mean -- i mean -- no,

for gay marriage well i don't see any because they don't believe that gay marriage exists and here's why it let's go back to love the proponent of gay marriage saying love is love is love but the fact is that there's a difference between the love of two men and love the man woman the difference being that the love of a man and a woman in most cases and with a child and the child needs a mother to father a child for its entire biological life will need to be raised and will be raised best by its mother and father and so you know that's why it's absurd to claim there's something ethically wrong with seeing the love between a man or woman as being unique that's what that that's what the core of marriage is it's not it's not a valuation of one love versus the other it's saying that different loves result in different things and that's why the vast majority of people will experience love it heterosexually and will have a child and that child will need a mother and father and all the social science shows that children do best when they're raised by their biological mother and father and so

and there's horrible gay people and there's awful gay people and depressed, and intoxicate gay people brother was going to take advantage of her baby -- >> caller: he sister's husband. >> john: but she allowed it to go on. and it's tragic. and if any gay person ever does interfere with a child, they deserve the full force of the law -- >> just like any straight person. >> john: exactly. and no one is worried about straight people despite the fact that every society that keeps records, the overwhelming majority of pedophiles are heterosexual identified males. >> caller: that's true. and my son is one of the most tolerant people i have ever met. >> john: that's great. carolyn is calling from michigan with a somewhat different point of view. >> caller: good morning, i just heard the last caller and i heard the caller before, and i think you guys were a little haron him. i understand -- and i definitely myself am not homophobic but when you are talking about children -- you know, i would -- >> john: you have a phobia. >> caller: no, i don't. >> john: if you are afraid to have your kids ar

gay couples are now asking to be admitted. here we have a sexual society who are saying they want to declare commitment, values stability in the sight of the public and perhaps of god. we defenders of marriage should be grateful the opening the doors yet the reaction of some has been to slam the doors shut. it is said that they people should accept civil partnerships and no more which confirm most of the legal rights of a marriage. thousands of people like me have cause to be grateful for the courage of hon. members who voted for that change. entering a single partnership was the most important thing i have done in my life. danceable partnerships were opposed by the churches, opposed by a significant portion of the public and opposed by many hon. members. eight years later only a small minority of the public oppose them and many hon. members who voted against the change now say they support it. but people choose marriage for a reason. they know that it means something special. it is because marriage is different than many are

gay males in the media coverage around that time was almost exclusively focused on this gay male disease in fact he used to do it when time called grid are gay related. immune deficiency and for about two years through this whole focus on weight gain what was happening at the same time was this was impacting the african-american community and i just like gay males but for those who are i.v. drug users but across the entire community this was having an impact with heterosexuals with homosexuals with very street lease people who are mothers fathers sisters brothers aunts uncles cousins and we unfortunately in the african-american community was not. particularly in this issue or on this issue as people like larry kramer and those who lead the creative act up and some of the very active groups that drew attention to what was happening in the way you know do you think that almost the media framing it in a way that it only is affecting gay males maybe didn't cause people to be as aware as they should or take proper precautions because it was being framed in such a way that it wasn't really aff

female in a dress because they were too nervous to put real humans up just in case they happen to be gay again thanks for the lab now let's break that. remember that bill that had so many activists up in arms about a bill that had all the potential to change the internet as we know it well tomorrow congress will be reintroducing the cyber intelligence sharing and information act better known as. the controversial bill is word for word the same as its predecessor which failed to be brought to a vote in the senate last year despite protests and backlash against implications this bill could have on privacy tech giants like google and facebook support the legislation arguing that would help bolster their defense against cyber attacks now it's just a passes that could potentially allow private companies to share your private information with intelligence agencies and the d.h. ass so to discuss what we can expect from tomorrow's vote on this controversial piece of legislation i'm joined by our two web producer andrew blake what's going on at all you know you know we've got to we've got to star

when time called grid gay really. immune deficiency and for about two years there was this whole focus on weight gain what was happening at the same time was this was impacting the african-american community and i just like gay males but for those who i.v. drug use is put across the entire community this was having an impact with heterosexuals with homosexuals with very street lease people who are mothers fathers sisters brothers aunts uncles cousins and we unfortunately in the african-american community was not. particularly in this issue or on this issue as people like larry kramer and those who lead the creative act up and some of the very active groups that drew attention to what was happening in the way you know do you think that almost the media framing it in a way that it only is affecting gay males maybe didn't cause people to be as aware as they should or take proper precautions because it was being framed in such a way that it wasn't really affecting those communities that it really was i'm sure that a lot o

no, i don't do the gay guys, man.the 49ers? >> no. they don't got no gay people on the team. they got to get up out of here if they do. can't be with that sweet stuff. >> they might be able to play well. >> nah. >> so they have to keep at it secret? is thersecret >> come out ten years lateer a of that. >> andrea: today he said he was sorry. >> i'm sorry if i offended anyone. that's ugly comments. that's not what i feel in my heart. i hope i can learn and grow from this experience and situation. >> dana: oh, my. >> andrea: having a dialogue about it. it seems to me four days before the bowles perhaps the 49ers might have something to do with the apology. >> greg: that is the quickest flip when you do that. this way, the voice is like this. then the voice changes. but you know what? i'm sorry. what do you expect? do you think n.f.l. players sit in a locker room and discuss gay marriage? they don't. they, all they do is play football. they don't care. they done care abanything else. they don't know the sacred cows. >> bo

start your own gay scouts.'t anyone understand that homosexuals are people, too, does everyone think gay people are meant to go into every single group of people on earth just to cause chaos? and this from alissa, i love ow people bring up the bible for their reasons of bigotry and blind hatred, they have forgot earn about the catholic priests who molest hundreds of children. lift the ban already. >>> please continue the conservation, it's a heated one on facebook, facebook.com/carol cnn or tweet me @carol cnn. >> jacoby jones kickoff return for a touchdown was a huge moment for the ravens and of course for the people who bought furniture at one baltimore store. it's not what you think. it's a phoenix with 4 wheels. it's a hawk with night vision goggles. it's marching to the beat of a different drum. and where beauty meets brains. it's big ideas with smaller footprints. and knowing there's always more in the world to see. it's the all-new lincoln mkz. >>> the game might be over, but not the partying, the city o

told an interviewer that gay players shouldn't be in the locker room. >> what about gay guys?f them approached you? >> no. i don't do the gay guys, man. i don't do that, no. >> are there any on the 49ers? >> no. >> coach jim harbaugh had a chat with culliver. so today, super bowl media day turned into culliver's personal apology tour. >> would you welcome a homosexual teammate? >> if it is then it is. you know. everybody's treated equally in our locker room. >> why do you think you said those things? >> like i said, just -- just something that was just in a joking manner. but like i said, definitely nothing that i feel in my heart. >> culliver might believe there are no gay nfl players, but statistically he's probably wrong. the latest research finds that 3.4% of americans call themselves lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. so if you've got 55 guys on a roster, at least two of them could be gay if you go by the percentages. 49ers safety donte whitner says culliver clearly made a mistake. whitner told reporters today, "who knows? there could be somebody gay in our locker ro

. >> then gay dog fire storm. was little oreo put on death row because he was gay? exclusive. the owners who gave him up and the woman who wouldn't let oreo be put down because he is gay. >>> courtroom sass. >> are you serious? >> i am serious. >> why would you want to piss off that judge? that means you are a meatball. >> adios. >> then people who look like twins but are not even related. >> double the pleasure, double the fun. >> they have been best friends since high school. they met at a store. can you believe these guys actually work in the same office? >> and barbara walters speaks out. >> i feel just sort of weak and tired. >>> hello, everybody. thank you for joining us. new jersey governor chris christie is fighting mad. he says it's okay for him to joke about his weight on david letterman but a former white house doctor has no business saying a word if she hasn't examined him and she heafnts christie has a message for her. shut up. >> this is another hack who wants five minutes on tv. >> new jersey governor chris christie is hopping mad the former white house physicia

according to miss medley gay people don't have a purpose in life and this is all coming from a special ed teachers like i'm supposed to understand patience and tolerance more than anyone oh one of my favorite algebra two columnist dan savage chimed in with his thoughts he said quote students with learning disabilities have a hard enough without getting stuck with the men. really challenge special ed teacher take a look at the condescending hateful smirk that spreads across her face when she was asked if gay people have a purpose in life and then imagine your gay kid in a special ed class and this hateful bigot is your teacher you know i'm sick of people like deanna medley or use their religion to advocate bigotry against bet my life that this woman doesn't rally against war torture adultery which to me i mean are there more serious things than being gay nope she just obsessed with gays had to really to spend all your free time and energy rallying against something that has zero effect on you or anyone else. looking like you see so far check us out on a blue at hulu dot com slash and br

do you really think a gay scout leader is going to become a gay scout leader to push a gay agenda?t someone openly identifies themselves as homosexual means that they are modelling for boys the acceptability of homosexual conduct. and parents who do not agree with that view have a right to protect children from that. they have a right to protect their children just from being egs po exposed to the topic prematurely, and they have a right to protect their children from potential risk at child sexual abuse at the hands of men who might be attracted to other males. >> well, i'll just say that the american psychological association has studied the issue that you just mentioned. homosexuals aren't any more likely to molest kids than straight men. plus you're condemning every single homosexual in the country as being a possible pedophile, and that's not fair. >> without even debating that issue, i think most parents would not feel comfortable sending their daughters on overnight camping trips with men who are sexually attracted to females. and by the same token, most parents would not wa

and recent gallup polls asked if they supported gay scout leaders, more than half do not support gay the way you ask the question, is the important thing. americans are in favor of the boy scouts changing their policies. are they in favor of telling a 13-year-old kid that he's immoral because he thinks he is gay? i don't believe any american believes a 13-year-old-year-old should be kicked out because of his sexuality. >> this would be saying that the scouts saying that sexuality is not part of their core purpose. >> i know when they kind of challenged new jersey's unanimous decision in my case and said to the supreme court, we need a first amendment shield to protect us from new jersey's law against discrimination, because members joined the boy scouts because they think gays are immoral and unclean. when they went to the united states supreme court in that instance, they said this is what we're all about. you need to help us, supreme court. need to help us keep out gay members and gay leaders, so 13 years later, they are saying, wait, no individual troops can decide if gays are mor

and not being gay myself i sometimes forget how bigoted other parts of the country are when it comes to l g b t rights stories like this one never sees to amaze me in indiana multiple students and parents are campaigning to have their local high school throw a traditional prom by traditional i mean one that bans gay and lesbian students from attending similar to schools in other states that offer racially segregated proms still but it is great to know that there are still parents out there setting forth such good old fashioned family values you know like bigotry and intolerance sadly aside from students and parents there's also a special ed teacher from the same school on board with the initiative and she is special indeed the name is deanna medley and she's one of the main proponents of this festival of ignorance just look at how she looks you would never think that she was such an oblivious and dogmatic extremist but listen to what she had to say when she was interviewed about the issue. every choice that she made i don't believe that they were boy born that way i think that life c

the gay men's chorus who are performing here tonight.e i'm going to turn this over to my dear friend stuart who is harvey's nephew and someone himself who has been speaking out all around the world for civil rights and equality for all. stuart? [cheering and applauding] >> thank you. it's very interesting thanksgiving this week. i was mentioning to the moscone family did not fall on this remembrance. and therefore, the milk family, we were all together and we actually had a little bit more joy because we did have a week that separated it. it's a very tough time for my family since 1978. it's difficult to try to explain. i don't think i could have done as good of a job as jonathan, how tough that is. harvey was a part of every milestone, large and small in my life, for 17 years. and i just can't attempt to explain that loss in words. but there is a connection with the emotions that jonathan shared and that i have shared with rebecca that goes beyond my ability to put the warmth of these remembrances here in san francisco, the meaning of t

is standing with them. >> should scouting be open to gays? >> yes. >> i'll tell you how conservatives are fighting the process. >>> it's the super bowl commercial everybody is talking about. >> god looked down on his planned paradise and said i need a caretaker. so god made a farmer. >> god created the family farmer. i'll tell you how republicans are destroying them. all that plus e.j. dionne, karen finney and jonathan alter on why conservatives are actually trying to blame the super bowl blackout on the president. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. there is a major development on gun legislation today, but there is a good chance you haven't heard about it. president obama continued the push for commonsense gun reform today in minneapolis. he was surrounded by law enforcement officers with the city and the state. the president asked americans to stand with the men and women in the line of fire. >> weapons of war have no place on our streets or in our schools or threatening our law enforcement officers. our law enfor

will the boy scouts of america allow gay leaders, gay members? stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> the boy scouts of america board members opened a three-day meeting on monday in which they will consider lifting its controversial ban on openly gay members. the group's national executive board is expected to vote wednesday on the ban which was reaffirmed just last year. on monday group of current and former scouts -- and scout leaders -- rallied outside the boy scouts headquarters in dallas. among them was jennifer tyrrell, who was removed as a den leader of her son's pack in ohio because she is a lesbian. she described her experience last year while receiving an award from the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation. >> about a year ago this guy right here came to me and said, i want to be a boy scout. i was hesitant. before i knew it, i was living a life of merit badges and knots. [laughter] but i loved it. soon they ask me to be a den

they'll vote on the ban on gay members. will allow each individual troop to adopt its own policy on the issue. >> reporter: boy scout steve tenet and his 16-year-old son christopher have been involved in the last five years. they're straight but don't like the policy excluding gays. >> i have a huge problem with that. >> what did you learn when you found that a local troop threw out a kid because he was gay? >> i was shocked. shocked and amazed. appalled. i couldn't believe it. >> the teen thrown out last october was 18-year-old ryan andresne who was about to become an eagle scout. >> it's totally devastating. >> i can't imagine ever doing that to a boy, but that's what this policy would have me do. >> but others in scouting about washing about the quick change. >> we were caught completely off guard with it. we've had a policy that's been in place for over a hundred years that seems to have functioned for the most part soundly. >> reporter: in a letter to the boy scout board of directors, godfrey's council urged that votin

reddish mps vote on whether to allow gay people to marry. -- british mps vote on whether to allow gay people to marry. the scandal of the mandoline -- magna lane -- magdalene laundries. also, we take a look at what is happening in business. a big legal battle is brewing. >> five years on from the financial global meltdown, the credit rating agencies may have to pay the piper. the u. s. government says it will sue -- u.s. government says it will sue standard & poor's for taking on high-risk reddit ratings -- four it's high-risk -- for its high-risk credit ratings in 2007. it is midday in london, 6:0 zero in dhaka, and 5:30 -- 6:00 in dhkaka. the horrific rape in december has been reported about on " gmt." it led to a great deal of soul- searching about how this nation of more than one billion people treats women. at this specially convened, fast-track court, the first of the prosecution's witnesses. he is understood to be the victim's male friend, with her when she was attacked. over the weekend, president pragmatically signed -- president prem at mukherjee -- pranab mukherjee signed a