he said, well, is going to bed by republicans as an effort for freedom, for ligi going to help us with our base. but in the near term, he thinks that it is actually going to hurt republicans a little bit because it is going to be framed as discrimination or this is what he thinks by the media, that in fact that they're allowing discrimination to move forward. now, whether or not this plays out in the midterm elections we'll have to see what happens, but whenever y talk about religious freedom, these are the kind of hot button issues that do get people out to vote. so i would expect conservatives and republicans to really play this out. >> you know, john, kennedy was the deciding voice in the 2015 gay marriage decision, writing the majority opinion here. in your view, is this decision by the justices complicatin things or clarifying things with regard to gay rights in america today? >> is there a third choice? it is not clarifying for sure, but it is saying in this particular instance, given what the commissioners had id, religion trumps everything. and, but, justice kennedy during oral