This Week with George Stephanopoulos – June 28, 2015

Reporters:

Pierre Thomas

Terry Moran

Guests:

James Obergefell – Victorious

Supreme Court Litigant

Evan Wolfson – President

of 'Freedom to Marry'

Mike Huckabee

Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

Cokie Roberts

Donna Brazile

Matthew Dowd

Ken Blackwell

Stephanopoulos: OMG what a

fucking week for politics!

Stephanopoulos: Obama had his

best week ever – he passed a trade

bill and the Supreme Court legalized

Obamacare and gay marriage!

Stephanopoulos: then he broke out into song!

Stephanopoulos: Terry you've covered

the court for thirty years – have you  

ever seen the court make this much 

history in two days?

Moran: George I never have – the Court

slammed the door on two big issues

of our time – Obamacare and Gay rights

Stephanopoulos: amazing!

Moran: it's a reminder of the tremendous

power of the Supreme Court and 

the importance of paying reporters 

to cover the Court

Stephanopoulos: Justice Roberts  

saved Obamacare!

Moran: John Roberts isn't a boat rocker

Stephanopoulos: Anthony Kennedy

is now a historical figure!

Moran: Robert Bork was a intellectual

but a wingnut job and Anthony Kennedy

brought heart and empathy and good

old western cowboy love of liberty and gays

Stephanopoulos: cowboys love 

gays and lesbians?

Moran: oh yes George –

in fact most cowboys were gay

Stephanopoulos: I did not know that

Moran: it's a well-known fact –

didn't you ever see Brokeback Mountain?

Stephanopoulos: you learn 

something new every day

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: welcome James Obergefell

Obergefell: it's a great morning George!

Stephanopoulos: how do you feel?

Obergefell: it's amazing – the love

my husband and I had for each

other has had an impact all across the country

Stephanopoulos: Mike Huckabee

says this Supreme Court decisions

is nothing less than tyranny and evil

Obergfell: I would ask him if his

brother or sister or daughter were

gay would he love them any less

or want them have fewer rights?

Huckabee: absolutely I would –

if Jesus Christ teaches us anything

it is to be petty and vindictive and hateful

Obergefell: we're just asking to

be treated equally and to enjoy

the lovely and wonderful and

sacred institution of marriage

Huckabee: that's Satan talking right there

Stephanopoulos: John Roberts says

the court shouldn't steal gay marriage

from the voters and legalizing gay

marriage will hurt the cause of fighting

to legalize gay marriage

Wolfson: well that's a process argument

but guess what – we have a Constitution

and it applies to everyone regardless of

laws people pass talking rights away

from unpopular minorities

Stephanopoulos: is that right?

Wolfson: indeed – in fact that's 

why we have one

Stephanopoulos: so will your organization

Freedom to Marry go out of business?

Wolfson: no because we have to 

sell the dignity of gay couples in

Texas and Alabama

Stephanopoulos: how about you Jim –

will you pack it in and enjoy life as a gay icon?

Obergfell: no I think I will continue

the fight against discrimination

against LGBT people

Stephanopoulos: well good luck with that

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: welcome Mike Huckabee

Huckabee: it's a sad day George

Stephanopoulos: what did you 
think about what James Obergefell 
said about just wanting to love and 
be married like you

Huckabee: I'm deeply moved by

Mr Obergefell but when it comes to

denying people basic human rights

the process matters most

Stephanopoulos: of course

Huckabee: these justices are

unelected lawyers – it's just wrong

for them applying the Constitution

to gay people

Stephanopoulos: isn't that the

role of Supreme Court?

Huckabee: are we now going to

discriminate against Christians?

Stephanopoulos: oh so now you're

worried about discrimination?

Huckabee: will we crucify poor

photographers who won't take

pictures at Satanic rituals

or gay wedding?

Stephanopoulos: well I don't know 
Mike do you think the Supreme Court 
should protect their rights or 
would that be tyranny?

Huckabee: what about the poor

guy at Mozilla who was
tyrannized out of his job as a CEO

Stephanopoulos: that is so sad –

did you know people can be

fired for being gay?

Huckabee: equality is tyranny!

Stephanopoulos: tyranny?

Huckabee: yes if Christians don't

have more rights that everyone

else that's discrimination against Christians

Stephanopoulos: how is that tyranny again?

Huckabee: it's tyranny when the

court overrules the people who

want to get married but what to stop

people they don't like from getting married

Stephanopoulos: I think I follow

Huckabee: the court tyrannically didn't

overturn the Obamacare law – outrageous!

Stephanopoulos: but that makes no sense – you call it tyranny when the court doesn't leave gay marriage 
to the legislature but it's also tyranny when 
they don't overturn a law passed by the legislature

Huckabee: exactly – we're living

in a dystopian nightmare!

Stephanopoulos: so will you

refuse to obey this tyrannical ruling?

Huckabee: in his 'Letter from Birmingham

Jail' the conservative hero Martin Luther

King said pastors will have to make

a tough decision on disobeying the law

Stephanopoulos: yes citing a man

protesting laws discriminating against

minorities makes perfect sense when

fighting to deny equality to minorities

Huckabee: Christians everywhere

must follow the example of Jesus!

Stephanopoulos: never get married

and just hang out with a bunch of

other men wearing robes and sandals?

Huckabee: No! Jesus Christ's

message of hate and exclusion!

Stephanopoulos: what should

government employees do?

Huckabee: court clerks should

refuse to obey any law they don't like!

Stephanopoulos: that seems

it could lead to chaos

Huckabee: I don't think a state

Attorney General should just

shrug and say well I guess

we must just obey Adolf Hitler now

Stephanopoulos: so you want

government officials around the

country to disobey the Supreme

Court because they don't like the ruling

Huckabee: what if a future

Supreme Court bans abortion –

what about that you hypocritical liberals??

Stephanopoulos: you must

really hate gay people

Huckabee: they're only five lawyers!

Who gave them the power to decide

what the Constitution says??

Huckabee: so people should

just ignore the Supreme Court?

Huckabee: Obama lit the White House

in rainbow colors so when I'm President

I'm going to re-name it 'Mike Huckabee's
House of Fetuses and Waffles'!

Stephanopoulos: what about
the confederate flag?

Huckabee: Lindsey Graham is a hero

for supporting the flying the flag and

then sort of reluctantly changing his mind

Stephanopoulos: a true profile in courage

Huckabee: Republicans are the real

opponents of the confederate flag –

why don't liberals take it down from

their state houses huh libs??

Stephanopoulos: can't argue with that logic

Huckabee: Republicans brought civil rights

legislation and Democrats opposed it!

Stephanopoulos: sort of

Huckabee: America's greatest civil

rights leader was Dwight Eisenhower

and then some other people did some things

Stephanopoulos: what did you think

of President Obama's eulogy?

Huckabee: I thought it was brilliant

but it was too political – a eulogy

should focus on the deceased

Stephanopoulos: the deceased was

a politician who was murdered by a

terrorist for his political beliefs

Huckabee: pointing that 
out is very bad manners

Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming Mike

Huckabee: thanks for inviting me

and don't forget to hate a gay

today in the name of Jesus

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: so panel it was

quite a week in politics

Dowd: I would just like to point out

that not all of Americas problems

were solved this week

Blackwell: Christians are going

to be called names which is very sad

Stephanopoulos: yes if only gay 
people could know what it's like 
to be called names they might 
not be so insensitive to christians

Blackwell: the court should not have

legislated from the bench and instead

overturned Obamacare as god intended

Stephanopoulos: makes perfect sense

Blackwell: we should have amended

the Constitution to give the gays 
equality which the GOP would 
no doubt have supported

Roberts: this week we saw black

and white lesbians kissing each other

which I for one cannot get enough of

Brazile: I grew up in the segregated

south so it was pretty nice to see the

Supreme Court this week grant

equal rights to all Americans

[ break ]

Thomas: omg ISIS killed

peoplein France and Tunis!

Woodruff: the ISIS killer was so

nervous he was shaking –

but somehow found the nerve

to shoot people at a swimming pool

Thomas: omg ISIS might attack

America on the 4^th of July!

Comey: ISIS is looking for troubled

minds on the Internet – there seems

to be no shortage there

Thomas: a college student from

Queens wants to stop traffic on the GW bridge

Christie: who does that little 
bastard think he is?

Stephanopoulos: Pierre how 
scared should I be?

Thomas: very scared George –

ISIS is really good on twitter and instagram

Stephanopoulos: Facebook too?

Thomas: no one uses Facebook

anymore – it's too popular

Stephanopoulos: this is very terrifying

King: I am more petrified that

at any time since September 11

Stephanopoulos: holy shit

King: we will almost certainly 
be attacked on July 4^th

Stephanopoulos: wow

King: we've had a series 
of attacks in America's

Stephanopoulos: we have?

King: well a series of arrests anyway

Stephanopoulos: some say white male

right wing terrorists are more dangerous

Thomas: yes but ISIS is worse

because of what they might do

King: that's ridiculous – there's no

comparison between wily murderous

arabs and incompetent sad white

people with mental health issues

Stephanopoulos: right

King: that kind of reporting is

The New York Times at its worst

– four people were killed in the Boston bombing!

Stephanopoulos: true

King: When has a white racist ever

killed four people at one time?

Stephanopoulos: last week in Charleston

King: that doesn't count!