We want to be fair and perform due diligence on nominees. We are trying to figure out not just how he might rule on an issue but what his approach is. There are so many split decisions on the Supreme Court because they take difficult cases. You want someone who doesn't rule by gut reaction but will decide based on a commitment to core constitutional principles.
We had a pretty good effort, ... We were hoping to take second. Dexter is really tough. We were thinking we could compete with Fenton, but they were tougher than we thought.
He is a tough kid, but he has a lot to learn about distance running. When he learns it, look out.
He has a lot of natural talent, that's for sure. He's got that incredible amount of oxygen delivery. The best thing about him is he works hard. I don't have to yell at him. And he respects his teammates.
He was so smooth, and, obviously, he was leaving everybody in the dust. At soccer, he was good, but not great.
I think people who talk about history as a reason to deny gay marriage just don't really know what the history is. People need to recognize that throughout our history, there were all sorts of people not allowed to marry.
It seemed to us important to judge [Roberts] on the basis of what we knew about him. He has not manifested, in the testimony that he provided, the sort of commitment to constitutional rights that are important to our community to deserve to be confirmed. If they want our support for another nominee, they're going to have to do better. That seems to be an important message to send.
It was a catalyst to further action both in support of the freedom of same-sex couples to marry and in opposition to that.
The point is that the history of marriage is a history of constant change. I think it's hard to argue that this change is somehow fundamentally different from the others.
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