and then got in and got married. we were so appreciative for the city to do this and make it available. it was for chaos. >> in 2004, we had no idea what to expect. we had originally wanted to marry under the 9:00 a.m. court opening. meaning we were trying to do it in a way where we could get the first marriage under the bell before the courts came in to stop us. what we didn't know was what we didn't know. it's going about things and not knowing the consequences. we had to quickly organize a way to get through the enormity of requests to get married >> later that year, the california supreme court ruled they were void. >> the law in this case worked. we challenged the law and went up the ranks and eventually the supreme court said stop and we stop. there was a great sense of despair in some sense, but hopefulness that we would live to fight another day and in spite of those licenses be voided and the fact there was disappointment and we had to stop and everything we had done had been taken a way as well. i think peo

and want to stay a virgin until they get married apparently if women were to simply use their power to influence sexual norms they could change it all but they don't i guess what there is a good are two men let's see what women have to say about the economy of sex and whether men really ruled the market earlier from our studio in los angeles i caught up with an experienced host of the young turks university i first asked her if she thinks that sex has become cheat. you know i don't think that sex is cheap these days i think that people are looking at sex from a different perspective i just want to note that that article was written by a reporter for the washington times which is known as a conservative news outlet so of course it was a very subtle way of demonizing women who choose to have sex before they get married and you know when i read it of course they start blaming birth control pills oh i remember the good old days before birth control pills where women didn't open their legs to whoever they wanted you know it was it was a way of making women look like it's there the bad gu

we married for total love. when i went up that aisle, i had -- i married my man. i also married a sailor. and i got a prince. but my man was the most important thing for me, piers, because nothing was more important than him. >> when you were on the balcony, i mean very few people outside of the royal family have ever experienced that moment where you look out and there's a million people and you know there's probably a billion watching around the world on television, what was that moment like? >> let me go back in time. you are taken with such a wave of energy, that it is just mesmeric, it is just extraordinary. you're so in love anyway, it's your wedding day. like every bride's wedding day, it's a special day. and you've got a beautiful dress on. but you're standing there with the man you love. and then there are people out there who are wishing you so well. and it's just extraordinary. it's just unfathomable. you can't explain it. and then when we got into the carriage to leave and my father did the most wonderful thing, he walked out of the palace and stood al

one couple there married 73 years. even though it costs more being married. >>> good for them. for the european e. coli outbreak is revealed. >>> you have a chance to see the miracle on the hudson plane before its dig played at the at a north carolina museum. >>> every week you hear us talk about our campus correspondent, where we enlist high school viewers to shoot highlights of games, pep rallies, other fun stuff and then we show you their work on our area. three in particular did a great job. we will shine the spotlight on them today. during our campus correspondent luncheon here at channel nine studio, stephanie loew, melanie dunning and ashley jones will be highlighted for their work and we'll announce our scholarship winner as well. if you want to see work of our campus correspondent, go to d c.highschoolsports.net and see how you can apply and other contests that we have on the website. >>> time for the united airlines travel cast fog and haze at dulles visibility 4 miles, light winds. should be comfortable. if you're taking off this morning, we will see a threat in chic

but you go to new york and you are able to get married there, same sex couple can get married, but theno your home state, you know, does that new york certificate mean anything? >> i think that's a wonderful question. you know, under our constitution we have something called full faith and credit. so if someone, for example, living in florida decides to come up to new york to get married, and then returns, should the state of florida recognize that? and that's a battleground. other states that don't enact this legislation and that's most of them don't want to recognize it. so ultimately we may very well face off to a constitutional battle on whether other states must recognize same sex marriage laws in these six states that now have them. and that's a case that has not been decided. it is a cutting edge issue and a very important one too. >> all right. >> fred, so that's why proponents of this bill now are cheering and celebrating but they're saying now we must move to the federal level and get this approved nationally. so that's the next challenge for everyone. >> all right, richard he

i new york and aot opeople flying to new york to get married because as i undstand the law you don't have to be a new york resident to be married in new york as sapame sex couple i think y will see a pig wave of marriages. >>ose: tell me about the great drama in al pan any. i think there are a few moment ms. the four and a half years i was there that could really compare t to this momentn albany, first the vote was in doubt, this is a place where votes are almost never in doubt, you kind of know what is going to happen when it comes to the floor, more importantly the last two senators kept a very tightly, he's two republicans, chris assistant and salante until the very moment of the vote. he spoke for at least three, our, five minutes before he said he would vote for this will, bill, the only people who knew for them were the for and each of them and in fact, governor cuomo had not even told these two senators that the other one was the 33rd vote, it wasso kept quiet and it was deliberate, they were trying to essential have kind of a stealth campaign to avoid attracting too much atte

we are as married as any other married couple in the state. but because i'm a man, immigration is just totally closed off to him. if we were heterosexual couple, i could have requested a green card or residency more than a decade ago. >> reporter: mac is an australian citizen. the pair met while wells was vacationing in sydney. >> everything we did we did, we orchestrated deliberately, and legally, of course, to just stay together. >> reporter: not long into the relationship, wells' health began to deteriorate, suffering a massive heart attack and severe arthritis impacting his ability to walk. mac managed to secure what's known as a trader's visa but he had to shut down his business to take care of wells which means he doesn't qualify for that kind of visa any more. a group says the marriage shows intent mac plans to live here permanently. plus the defense of marriage act passed in 1996 denies federal benefits to same-sex couples. >> were are they continuing to enforce a law they believe is unconstitutional? there's no benefit. we don't -- we

the energy here is fantastic with so many couples getting married. it's just been an absolutely fantastic experience, so wonderful. >> by the power vested in me, i declare you spouses for life. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> to actually be able to get married and be a part of this time in history and time in our history is amazing. >> this is a momentous occasion for us to be able to actually have this opportunity to have equal rights. >> we have been together for 14 years. everyone is so welcoming. it's been all set up and people have guided us from step to step. it's been easy. there was live music. people are so friendly and excited. so excited for us. >> it's really great. >> yeah. >> and salvador is party a here to known as party a. >> on the out it looks pretty simple. you come in, you made your appointment. you pay. you go here for your license. you got there to get married. you go there if you want to purchase a certified copy. behind the scenes, there was just this monumental just mountain of work, the details into everything that we had to

a church is as free to not marry a gay couple as it is to not marry an interfaith couple.nobody can force the catholic church to marry divorced catholics. but the catholic church of course can't tell the city clerk not to issue a license, a marriage license from the government to that divorced catholic couple. so everybody agrees that this bill, like any bill, has to have a significant balance between non-discrimination on the one hand and religious freedom on the other. the good news here is that the governor, majority leader and others have been today saying that they actually believe the language looks good, that this ace question that can really be resolved. and i don't actually think that will prove to be a sticking point. >> it seems like they're debating stuff behind closed doors with nothing to do with same sex marriage. it seems like they are focusing on other issues in the state. >> well, i think in terms of the politics, the republicans are looking for ways to justify their vote for same-sex marriage. and at least a significant number of them are saying, look, i

freedom to marry doesn't endorse candidates. my advice, what i would say is this president really has nothing to lose and a lot to gain from being forth right in support of the freedom to marry which the majority of americans support. he's already done so much that to attack discrimination, to challenge discrimination, to speak for equality, that he's already lost those who are opposed. there's no one in america who he's going to lose if he says the words" yes, i support the freedom to marry just like my other fellow americans". the majority. >> are you going to be up all night waiting for this thing? >> i'm going to do my best. >>> still ahead the parents for casey anthony speaking out. they don't believe their daughter is innocent in the death or their daughter caylee. also late-breaking details of the historic and dangerous flooding in minot, north carolina. we'll be right back. of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of

. >> i think the good news is we're marrying our best friends, and the bad news is we're marrying our best friends. i think this is one of the most dramatic changes for marriage. again, we're marrying people who are very similar to us. and that's fabulous, because you get compatibility, you get partnership, and that's a wonderful development on the whole. the struggle is that a marriage can become too much like any other kind of partnership, or any other kind of friendship. >> while women today have more opportunities than the housewives betty friedan wrote about in the "feminine mystique," haag says for many women, marriages are still unfulfilling. these "workhorse wives" feel the pressure to maintain satisfying jobs while being full-time wives and mothers. >> i don't believe that women are as frustrated today, because of feminism we have some basic protections and rights that make it much easier to maneuver in a marriage or to change marriage or to leave a marriage. however goes the fairness issues are still pertinent to women, they're still experiencing issues of feeling that there

. >> i haven't seen you since we got married in vegas. good times. >> miss hilton has made her share of headlines. she's never told the real story until tonight. >> girls got to are some secrets, but i'll tell you everything. after all, we were married, sort of. >> paris hilton, her fabulous life, her loves, those scandals and what her mother thinks of the whole shebang. >> paris, did you really marry piers? >> paris and kathy hilton tell it all. this is "piers morgan tonight." kathy, welcome. >> thank you. >> how are you both? >> very good. >> really good. >> paris? do you feel like you've been to the lion's den a little bit tonight? >> a little bit. >> why? >> i always get nervous in interviews, especially being at cnn. >> why cnn? >> because it's just, you know, very serious place and you make me nervous. >> do you think people take you seriously? >> when people know me, they do. >> would you like to be taken more seriously? >> i would, definitely. >> why would it be important to you, given your brand? i'm sure you'd at minute this, ha

>> married life? oh. married life is great. i'm very happy. you know, she's great, you know.'s french but i don't hold that against her i can get past that. >> i heard something interesting about you, that you saw her on a ferry in new york and something happened in your head. >> i look back and i -- she's sitting with the -- some other woman playing with the kid and someone said, wanda, that's it. that's what you need. i didn't think it was her. i just thought maybe that was the situation. >> and you met her where? at a party? >> i was walking along with my friend and my friend and she was with a friend and her friend and they knew each other so they stopped and talked and introduced us and -- >> did you remember her from the ferry? >> no, because i was drunk when i first started having a few drinks and so it wasn't until later that night when i saw her again and she walked by and i went, hey, frenchie and we just started talking and it hit me, i talked to you earlier today and it was like, you were on the ferry and everything just made sense to me. somebody up there was tir

my siblings married the shenny's and i almost married a catherine finerin but it didn't work out. i have a nephew, sean patrick mcflynn. i always question myself because my writing about the irish is really my writing about myself coming to the united states and coming into contact with the united states so consequently my puerto rican friends, and some of my irish friends, although they were more circumspect, what are you doing writing about the irish? i'm writing about the united states. the irish are more interesting. they had to put up with colonialism, just as puerto rico is a colony of the united states. i also respect the fact that they have a facility with language, which i also enjoy. consequently, i wondered why this attraction to the irish. in 2004, the university of puerto rico asked me to come there and lecture and read. i immediately called my favorite cousin, and she said, what are you doing here? i told her and i said, please come to the reading, i have a book for you. she came. she said my son is getting married tomorrow at the caribbean hilton, could you please c

(laughter) >> there was no.... >> stephen: you don't marry a kenyan and you don't marry an indonesianrica. a lot of guys over here, you know what i mean? what's wrong with some kansas guys? kind of insulting to all of us here, us guys who.... >> stephen: she actually while she was born in kansas she never really lived much of her life in kansas and she ended up in hawaii where these things happen. hawaii is a very different kind of society than even continental united states at the time. very multiethnic, no racial majority. what drove her is a set of circumstances. she wasn't some kind of visionary. i don't even know that she was particularly lefty. and she certainly wasn't anti-american. she remained an american citizen for her entire career. she spent the bulk of her... the majority of her adult life in indonesia, but never gave up her citizenship. >> stephen: did she raise barack obama or was it his grandparents? >> no, she did. she was the dominant influence. certainly in the first.... >> stephen: but she left him befind the united states and went back over to indonesia. >> that'

marrying a tree is essentially marrying a gay plant. i think i made my point. >> i don't think so. >> you are on the house armed services committee, correct? >> that's correct. >> >> stephen: you were given the option to see photos of bin laden's body. >> right, right. tell me about it. what did it look like? >> i didn't see the photos and have no desire to do some i'm quite satisfied he's dead. >> stephen: can i have your pass? >> no, you cannot. >> stephen: because i do a pretty good john garimendi. "i'm john garimendi. i run this district. i don't live in it. yeah." >> i think you have the wrong accent, but you're good. >> stephen: that was actually my de niro. [in english accent] i'm john garimendi here to see the photographs. bring me the photograph, bradley. >> i think you're way off base. >> stephen: you sponsored the west coast ocean protect act of 2011 prohiblghting the coast of drilling off the coast of california, oregon and washington. >> true. >> stephen: you also voted for house amendment 773, ending the moratorium on deep

she is his third wife, married 11 years. he is 22 years her season. they began dating while he was still the married speaker of the house and she worked for the house agriculture committee. he may be playing up his family man role but calista gingrich has become something of a political liability according to officials close to the gingrich camp. first, it was his credit line of

we got married and i went on the road with him, and i learned. i realized what all was involved, and it was -- it's quite a job. i mean, especially working with the wwf. that was a huge empire that, you know, became even bigger, and it was rock and roll. it was like being married to a rock star. >> and, of course, as the book details, his behavior became pretty similar to that of most rock stars. i mean, let's be brutally frank. you had to go through the infidelity, the lying, control issues an all the rest of it. very similar to the kind of stuff you read about the average rock star. it's a very honest book you have written. do you feel that the relationship basically floundered the moment you heard he had been unfaithful to you? >> yeah. i mean, honestly i put my heart and soul into the marriage. we started out with, you know, nothing really. i met him, i didn't know what he did. he really wasn't famous. we hadden in the "rocky 3" movie and i thought, wow, that's exciting, but i saw a good person in him in the beginning, and i still do today. i

>> we only just got married. we got married in vegas two weeks ago.ings are still okay. >> jimmy: how long have you known each other? >> well, nine years. we got married nine year to the day we first met. >> jimmy: oh, nine years to the day you -- wait a minute. wow, so that's a long courtship. >> yeah, not bad. yes. >> jimmy: what was the holdup? >> we didn't want to rush things. took it easy. >> jimmy: well, you didn't. is it legal -- it's legal to get married here in the united states? it applies when you get back to wales? >> yeah, we got married in vegas, honeymooned in hawaii, and we're just stopping off here on the way back home. >> jimmy: where in vegas did you get married? >> in the red rock canyon. >> jimmy: oh, really? in the canyon or in the hotel? >> no, no, the red rock mountains. >> jimmy: the red rock mountains. who did you get married by, a got? >> be honest. >> no, no, it was a company just arranged it for us. >> jimmy: a company arranged it for you. yeah, we pull this prank on people that to the united states all the time. you're no

i could just marry someone and it would be easy. but the actual truth was i really didn't want that. i wanted to be a business person. i wanted to go all the way. i wanted to be on the cover of forbes magazine and i wanted all this and it was hard because i was in my 30s and i was crying and i didn't have a man, i didn't have any money, i didn't know where i was going to end up and i didn't know the end of the story. i didn't know i'd be talking to piers morgan on tv. >> act on it. >> it's go for yours. with skinny girl margarita everyone -- every liquor -- >> do you like margaritas? >> it's a number one cocktail in the country for a reason. every woman wants to drink it. >> when you ordered one in a bar is it huge pressure on the barman? >> it is. usually the bars now carry the bottle of skinny girl margarita so i don't have to worry about it. acting on it is going for it. when i came up with that idea everyone said no and i decided to keep going. all the liquor companies said no, they weren't marketing to women. i said i'm a woman

hutchinson announced they were married in may.s suing him for lifestyle enfridgement right now. the bride's name is courtney. courtney's parents gave their daughter permission to marry. they are okay with it. this is a photo from their wedding. who would have ever imagined that the leader of the dar ma initiative would turn out to be couple? the couple says there is nothing strange about the relationship, except for the fact that when he was her age, she was negative 19. even hugh hefner is like, really, that's gross. maybe it's not that bad. maybe he traveled forward and she time traveled back ward and timehow they met in the middle where they are only four years apart. courtney is an aspiring singer. we found some of her music videos online. this is a song called "car candy." ♪ black leather dress on >> jimmy: i wonder what he seeps in her. it doesn't make any sense. what could they possibly have in common? i think, watching that, you almost understand why the taliban insists on burqas. anyway, if you want to buy a couple a gift

will you marry me? >> yes, i will marry you. >> but she had to think about it. a little bit of a pause. that exchange was heard over the brevard county last wednesday. and dispatchers from several communities signed in whir w---

they couldn't get married. they'd be lonely. and subject to violence. >> we're going to bring in evan wolfson, executive director of freedom to marry.org. also joining me now is richard sakaritis who worked formerly was an advisor to president bill clinton on gay rights issues and we'll be joined once this vote is done by a new york state senator, greg ball, who we believe is going to -- on record voting against this bill. evan, you have worked long and hard for this. why is this so important for you? >> well, it's not just of course important for me but it's important for gay people, our loved ones, our family. this is a day of tremendous joy and wholeness for gay people. >> did you think -- when did you think this would be a reality? >> i'd actually believed that we were going to make it this year. really all along. although it's been a scary rocky road. >> but growing up when you were -- first came out, did this seem a reality? >> i actually wrote my law school thesis on why gay people should have the freedom to marry. and i

we're not legally married. it was a documentary i was making in vegas about all chose chapel weddings and stuff. you've you'd never been in a wedding dress before. >> that was it. >> how did it make you feel? >> it was exciting. it was fun. i think everybody has to get married in vegas at least once. >> what i remember most about that day i spent with you was you had these two voices. it was a bit like your friend michael jackson who you knew very well. very high-pitched sort of quite silly voice for part of it, which was the brand if you like. and then the moment i talked about business, boom, your voice dropped a few okay tafs. suddenly i saw a completely different paris hilton. michael jackson was the same. he had the two voice thing. >> it's more about being shy, believe it or not. they go to that place -- >> are you saying paris is shy? >> she can be. >> really? you can be shy? >> yes. >> she can. >> i am. >> i find that almost impossible to believe. >> it's hard to believe, but it's true. >> why are you h

i married a couple that had been together for 29 years. it was a very, very emotional ceremony. >> the least amount of time that any couple has been together is 2 years. most of them have been together 8, 9, 10. i'd say 70 percent. >> for love is truly the greatest gift we are given to share. love's compassion is the glory of life. >> i work in the juvenile department. the mayor asked the liasson from all departments. i wanted to be a part of this history. some parts i wouldn't want to be. this part was really wonderful and a joyous occasion and a long time coming. it's absolutely the right thing to do. to bring 2 loving people together, in helping acknowledge and certify that relationship, i find really wonderful and a joy and one of the most pleasurable things i have ever done in the city in my life. i will be continuing this afterwards >> when i was conducting the ceremony. some of the friends said, now it's real, now it's legal. in other words, they had gotten married before. this time, it's legal. you know, a sanctioned. it was hard f