gregory angelo is the executive director of the log cabin republicans.er sprigg is senior fellow for policy studies at the family research council. both groups have worked to lobby gop lawmakers on this issue. pete per sprigg, let me start with you and start were the argument that has been raised by john baner that this will have an adverse business and litigation impact. explain that for us. >> well, whenever you expand the number of protected categories under these type of laws what you're actually doing is giving a license to sue to new groups that didn't have such a license before. it's almost an inevitable result that there will be further litigation, and that will impose costs in terms of time and expense, even in cases where the merits of the case may be relatively weak. so i don't think any republican should be supporting this kind of further intrusion into the practices of private businesses. >> brown: let me ask gregory angelo why he thinks republicans should support this? >> well, first, to refute that argument that this legislation will be a

joining us is gregory angelo. appreciate you joining us today.uess the first question i would ask you is, when we look at public opinion on an issue like gay marriage, for instance, one thing that jumps out at me is the country is moving, sort of past majority support now. most polls put support in the mid-50s, maybe the high 50s. but the breakdown is stark, democrats, like 80% or so, when you look at independents, it is well over 50%. republicans, it is down at like 20%. it is the same thing we poll other questions about gay rights. republicans, it is just dramatically lower, not just with the democrats, but with independents. what is it that makes the republican party in general so hostile is the word that comes to mind to legislation like enda? >> well, you know, first, a couple of things come to mind regarding the marriage issue. you say the numbers are low for republican support for civil marriage for same sex couples, the numbers are growing. the fact is also that there is considerably more support for civil marriage for same sex couples am