her daughter, and her freedom." >> professor lindevaldsen, who is lisa miller? >> lisa miller is a woman i met almost a decade ago, has been involved in a homosexual relationship, found yourself wanting to leave that relationship and essential if custody of her biological child who was born during a civil union relationship. she found itself in the midst of what was a case of first impression in the nation battling to keep her child for herself. and away from her former same-sex partner? >> what was the case? >> vermont courts treated it like come in this case to women. so the case came up, not for same-sex relationship and, her daughter at the time was an 18 month old. have been born here in virginia where i'm located. virginia doesn't recognize same-sex relationships. they entered into a civil union, came back to virginia, they move to vermont for a year. the child is 18 months old. as lisa said, god got all of her life and convince her this was not the lifestyle for her or her daughter. she left that relationship, came back to virginia and thought she was fil

. >> host: we have been talking with professor recent na lindevaldsen, and author of this book, "only one mom my" it's published by new revolution publishers. is that self-published. >> guest: it nose. it's a new publisher. >> host: thank you for your time. >> you're watching become tv on c-span2. >> next, from liberty university, book tv talked to ken blackwell below the blueprint, one of his two recently written books. >> host: ken blackwell,y your book, you write that the constitution of the united states stands in the way of what barack obama wants to do. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, president obama, a week before his election in 2008, said, his own words, we are a week away from fundamentally changing the united states of america. if you look at the constitution and its overriding purpose, is as an instrument that is structured to put a check on the growth, the power, and the intrusion of government, the way that you grow and expand the power of the central government, is to change the constitution or to ignore it. and so what we did, ken and i, in "the blueprint" wa

. >> we have been talking with professor rena lindevaldsen, liberty university professor and author of this book, "only one mommy: a woman's battle for her life, her daughter, and her freedom." it's published by new revolution publishers. is that self-publish? >> it is not. it is a new publisher. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2. >> every weekend booktv offers 40 hours of programming focus on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> next from liberty university, booktv talked to ken blackwell about "the blueprint," one of his two recently published boo books. >> ken blackwell, in your book, "the blueprint," you might of the constitution of the united states stands in way of what barack obama wants to do. what do you mean by that? >> well, president obama, a week before his election in 2008, said in his own words, we are a week away from fundamentally changing the united states of america. if you look at the constitution and its overriding purpose is as an instrument that structures, sort of check on the growth, power and

first we talk to recent na lindevaldsen. >> host: who is lisa miller? >> guest: a woman i met almost a decade ago. i -- had been involved in a moment osexual relationship and had custody of her biological child born during the civil union relationship, and she found herself in the midst of a case of first impression in the nation, battling to keep her child from herself and away from her former same-sex partner. >> host: what was the case? >> guest: the case was the court treated it like a divorce case, between in this case two women. so the case came up -- her daughter at that time was 18 months old, had been born in virginia. virginia doesn't recognize same-sex relationship. but the couple hat gone to vermont, entered into save union came back to virginia, lisa got pregnant through artificial insemination, and then later she left the relationship, came back to virginia, and she is filing papers in vermont to dissolve her civil union, and to her surprise her former partner asked for custody of the child, and that started the lit gigs in vermont over cu

>>host: we're talking with professor rena lindevaldsen professor at liberty university author of the book only one mommy. published by a new revolution publishers self published? >> good new publisher. thank you for your time. booktv. c-span2. . . >> guest: and the marine recruiter was out to lunch, and then in the strip mall all of a sudden there, you know, you've got the army recruiter, the navy recruiter, all coming out trying to be snipers themselves and pick you off and get you to come to them. i talked to each one of them, and the navy recruiter sold me on being a seal. >> host: and at that moment you knew you wanted to be a seal? >> guest: yes, sir, i mean, everything he was telling me which, of course, the recruiter built it up to where it was more of a jason bourne type thing, but he definitely sold me that the navy seals, they do all this stuff that you never hear about and all this great adventures, and you're going to be the most highly-trained person out there, you're going to be able to have all these skills shooting and hand to hand, so i thought, all right, that sound