CBS Evening News - 2008-05-15

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[0:01] protection gued tonight a major Court

[0:04] victory for supporters of gay rights the

[0:06] highest court in America's most populous

[0:08] state clears the way for same-sex

[0:11] marriage I'm Kitty kurick also tonight

[0:14] President Bush jumps into the campaign

[0:16] fry some seem to believe that we should

[0:19] negotiate with the terrorists and

[0:20] radicals Barack Obama calls it a false

[0:24] political attack on him the ripple

[0:27] effect of high gas prices in our special

[0:30] series eye on the road and a modern-day

[0:33] rocket man takes to the

[0:39] skies this is the CBS Evening News with

[0:43] Katy

[0:45] kurick good evening everyone the hot

[0:48] button issue of same-sex marriage is

[0:50] front and center again in this country

[0:52] and in the middle of a presidential

[0:54] election campaign California's highest

[0:57] court put it there today by striking

[0:59] down the states ban on gay marriage the

[1:02] 4 to3 ruling clears away for California

[1:04] to now join Massachusetts as the only

[1:07] states where it's legal for people of

[1:09] the same gender to marry four others

[1:11] permit civil unions but 26 states have

[1:15] Constitutional Amendments Banning

[1:17] same-sex marriage John Blackstone is in

[1:19] San Francisco and was at the court when

[1:21] the California ruling was handed

[1:26] down with shouts and tears those who who

[1:30] fought to win the right to marry

[1:31] celebrated on the steps of California's

[1:34] Supreme Court oh my God oh my God I

[1:38] can't wait to marry my partner it's just

[1:41] a beautiful day four years ago Jeanie

[1:43] Rizzo and her partner paully Cooper

[1:45] joined the flood of gay couples getting

[1:47] married at San Francisco City Hall but

[1:50] they were in line when

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