steve gunderson, an openly gale man, not only became the sole republican to vote no.the house floor to explain why this vote was a vote of hate. >> marriage is under attack in our society today, but may i suggest to you it's not because of same-sex relationships. rather, marriage might be under attack because of alcohol abuse, because of spousal abuse, and might i suggest even sunday afternoon football. >> and we are delighted to welcome mr. gunderson, now the ceo of the association of private sector colleges and universe. good afternoon, mr. gunderson. >> good afternoon. >> did you think the day would come that you would see this key section of doma completely reversed? >> honestly i did. at that time i want this was unconstitutional. marriage was something that had been regulated by the state, and you couldn't have a federal law that would preempt states' abilities to do it and deny in a number of states the benefits of federal marriage protection and in other states. it made no sense. >> so tell me about that day itself, july 12th, 1996. what was the reaction from