want a diverse military corp, where the you have to have constitutions institutions of higher he haddation, public and private, bringing races and cultures together. >> eliot: in same-sex marriage where there is an attack on the doma act. explain that one. >> well, that one was passed at a time when almost no states had same-sex marriage. now most states do, and the trend is in favor that have. three months three states joined the bandwagon, and california, the biggest state judicial decree to allow same-sex marriage. as we see more and more states joining this bandwagon, the federal policy that allows states--that says the federal government does not have to recognize that seems increasing increasingly weird, irrational and in some ways in violation of states rights. >> and here you have attention two states rights, and civil liberties that should exist for individuals to marry, and congress passing law that marriage is of individuals of different sex. it's not whether i like it or i don't like t it it, that's why we need the professor to explain this. >> if you're married under state law