jim obergefell is running for congress, hoping to represent his home state of ohio. nk you very much for being here. when roe v. wade was overturned, there were all sorts of americans who said uh-oh, what's going to turn to other civil rights like same-sex marriage, some people thought, well, you're just being alarmist, and then this week, senator ted cruz confirmed that, yes, he does think the supreme court should revisit all sorts of other cases, particularly same-sex marriage, obergefell case, as t called, here's what he said. >> obergefell like roe v. wade ignored two centuries of our nation's history. marriage was always an issue that was left to the states, and obergefell, the court said, no, we know better than you guys do, and now every state must sanction and permit gay marriage. i think that decision was clearly wrong when it was decided. it was the court overreaching. >> jim, what's your response to that? >> well, i believe the senator is wrong in all ways. he says that marriage was always an issue that was left to the states. well, just like justice thomas

all right jim obergefell, thanks so.h we want to update everybody now on the breaking news we brought out the top of the hour. president biden's new positive covid test that was just announced within the last hour. the white house says, he is not experiencing every emergence of symptoms. this is being considered a rebound case. we know that after contracting the virus he did isolate for five days, and then he tested negative on tuesday. you have testing negative each day until this very morning. i want to bring in doctor to beat a patel to talk more about this diagnosis. so doctor, patel for those who are joining us since we last spoke, talk to us about what a rebound cases. >> yeah, so i rebound occurrence is basically recurrence of symptoms after you have had that recovery period, or a positive d test which is the presidents case. and it restarts the clock for isolation, in terms of how many days, a middle of a five days. and it also creates for that intervening period when they wear, we saw the present without a mask

jim obergefell was the lead plaintiff in the supreme court case that made same-sex marriage legal in 2015. last night he made a stop at mandy's in san francisco after obergefell testified in front of the house judiciary committee. >> what do they want for this country? do they want us to go back in time to be stuck in time back in 1787 when the constitution was written? that is not in the best interest of our nation. >> legal experts say estate would have to be in same-sex marriage and then could be appealed to the supreme court. the 2015 case that made marriage legal, justices thomas, alito and roberts dissented. >>> now to a double loss for a moment visiting the bay area. father passed away and her father's dog was stolen during a carjacking. that happened thursday morning when peggy boze and her family came to the area for a trip she just lost her father and then her father's beloved dog. blue was taken. she said the group arrived and in emeryville hotel and someone tried to steal a piece of luggage and another person jumped behind the wheel of their truck and took off with the do

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my name is jim obergefell and i'm the name planted for obergefell v. hodges the lot of a marriage equality the law of the land iphone joy as a lawfully would a man. nine years after my husband's death, i still find comfort as his widow were. everything changed with john and i said i do. we felt different. we felt better. we felt more complete. but the state we called home ohio ignored our lawful maryland marriage. and make no mistake, ohio pardoned us. john was dying avail s, lou gehrig's is the. even with our marriage license in hand, doctors, hospitals and others could refuse to serve us. they could bar me from john's room. for making decisions on his behalf. john it was nearing the end of his life and they had the right to ignore a dying man's most important relationship to ignore any requests or decision john and i made s husbands. is that moral? is that just? is that right? we were not equal in life even when most vulnerable. dealing with the terminal illness. after death, we would still not be equal. john's death certificate, his last official wo

jim obergefell wasn't named plaintiff in obergefell v. hodges. it's a public speaker and author for lgbtq+, equality, civil rights issues. previous colors include being at a high school german teacher, corporate training, relationship manager, software education consultant, real estate agents. an undergraduate degree from the university of cincinnati, attend a graduate school at bowling green university. we welcome our distinguished witnesses. we thank them for participating today. i will begin by swearing in our witnesses. we asked our witnesses please rise and raise your right hand. i asked that are most witnesses please turn on your audio, make sure i can see your face, raise your right hand why administer the oath. do you swear or form under penalty of purgatory that the testimony are true is true cracked at the best of your knowledge, information, belief. so help you god. let the record show that witnesses have answered in the affirmative. thank you, please be seated. please note, each of your written statement will be entered into the recor