and when the queen signed the royal assent for the bill allowing a quality of marriage, he said -- sheaid, i couldn't mention this in 1953. it is really extraordinary, isn't it? just wonderful. and she handed over. that's a nice story and i hope it is true but it has nothing to do with political correctness. it has to do with human decency. it's that simple. [applause] rebuttals, strong opening statements. let's move into the moderated cross examination portion of and get both sides and engaging on some of the key issues here. i think what we have heard is a bit of tension. more,draw it out a bit for the rights of groups to be included to have the opportunity for individuality, and a belief on the other side that there is a threat here when these groups are overly privileged through affirmative action or other outcome-oriented processes. isn't there harm that is done to groups by privileging their group identity, whether it be a group identity of race or gender, and not immediately treating them as individuals, in the way jordan would like to see them first? michael: there was no rando