the lg bt community is now finally end rightfully allowed to openly serve and we need to make sure they openly receive the same benefits as everyone else. we have had challenges for states to nine is benefits. this would make it clear that states must provide equal benefit. sequential referral sequential referral to a number of different committees, so i will not be able to fully offer it on this committee and ask for a vote, but it is something that we will bring to the floor when we have the opportunity and something i think is important to make sure we provide equal rights and protect everyone who serves in our military. with that, mr. chairman, i we will withdraw the amendment. >> the amendment is withdrawn. further amendments under this section. >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. >> will the clerk please distribute the amendment? >> i don't need it. >> without objection the amendment is considered as read and the german from california is recognized for five minutes. >> this amendment states simply that a combat valor award and award you would get from the situation

host: john from phoenix, arizona is up next for the lg bt viewers. caller: good morning. t of all, i was blown away when arizona allowed same-sex marriage. it was a random impossibility that came on board. i would like to comment on the folks opposed to same-sex marriage. they fall into two camps. either pure religious or they hate gays. they get very, very angry when you point this out. those are the basic two reasons. host: hoffman, north carolina. nick is up next on the opposed line. nick from north carolina? let's go to market in ohio. go ahead. -- mark in ohio. caller: i just wanted to say, as a baptist minister, the bible does -- we do not have a right -- we don't have a right to force gospel on them. they have their free will and they are allowed to make decisions as they wish. host: inquirer on site at the supreme court singing for the last few minutes. a variety of groups. -- a choir on site. this is darrell in long beach, california. the morning. -- good morning. caller: my brother was a homosexual and i do recall back in the 1950's and 1960's, homosexuality was

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information about that law which makes it clear that they cannot use the law to discriminate against the lg btommunity. that is one of the fixes they have made. they did that under pressure from business groups, mostly from business groups, and this huge national backlash that came from mike pence signing this into law. in arkansas, you have the governor there come out and say he was not going to sign this into law the difference between the two, if he does not sign it, that does not mean it cannot become law. it will become law in five days anyways. he did not say could not be vetoed. he asked them to go back and fix it to make sure it is not something that can be used to discriminate. host: political pressures on both men from different aspects to make decisions about these laws. guest: absolutely. we have also seen in extend into the 2016 field. you saw many of the presidential contenders on the republican side and hillary clinton to an extent, but she has less of the cultural battle and her party the republican contenders weighed in on this and pretty much all of them supported mike pence

information about that law which makes it clear that they cannot use the law to discriminate against the lg btmunity. that is one of the fixes they have made. they did that under pressure from business groups, mostly from business groups, and this huge national backlash that came from mike pence signing this into law. in arkansas, you have the governor there come out and say he was not going to sign this into law the difference between the two, if he does not sign it, that does not mean it cannot become law. it will become law in five days anyways. he did not say could not be vetoed. he asked them to go back and fix it to make sure it is not something that can be used to discriminate. host: political pressures on both men from different aspects to make decisions about these laws. guest: absolutely. we have also seen in extend into the 2016 field. you saw many of the presidential contenders on the republican side and hillary clinton to an extent, but she has less of the cultural battle and her party the republican contenders weighed in on this and pretty much all of them supported mike pence an

the front row. a qb radio, newspapers. not abc, cbs, cnn. we are telemundo revision those types of people from lg bt newspapers to the christian broadcasting, all sorts of different things that are not necessarily a part of an illustrious front >> but you have a seat. >> smack dab in the middle. third row, middle. third row, smack dab in the middle. i used to be in the six through. we moved up. i do have a seat. i think that is because i am there everyday and ask questions and i ask pertinent questions. we we have an audience that they want to get a message to. >> sometimes a president are white house communication operation take advantage of your specialty media by saying we want to get this race story out there, this story out there and seek you have? >> oh, yes. not me. just recently pres. obama recently president obama did a race interview with pt. reverberated more with pt than with cnn for a pc. when they want to put out information they will go to the go to person. i we will use them at the same time. the washington bureau chief at nbc said sometimes you have to use what you have to your adva

senator joe donnelly referencing the indianapolis star, and that is between from senator jeff merkley, also weighing in. today, let's take an anti-lg btaw in indiana. tomorrow, let's pass federal lg bt civil rights laws so no american has to fear for the rights. chris murphy of connecticut referencing and "onion" piece. that is what is going on in light of what has been going on in light in indiana. we have set aside a line for you in indiana and those in arkansas. the arkansas legislature also considering this type of legislature. you will hear from indianapolis indiana, you are on. go ahead. caller: yes, sir. i just wanted to tell you that when these right-wing governors become new governors, they try to peel back the rights of other people whether it be in wisconsin with scott walker and now in indiana with governor pence. however, governor pence is not articulate enough. scott walker took his and was able to do a lot of things that i guess is unacceptable to the majority of people in america, but it is necessary to put these people on the stage and see exactly where they are coming from. i used to listen to talk radio when mike pe