At the end of the day, though, it's also the 55th anniversary of Brown versus the Board of Education. Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.

Good people can disagree, as Dr. King said, I'll paraphrase, 'wait almost always means never.' It's always the right time to try to do the right thing.

It's inevitable that that's the same narrative of this.

As Dr. King said -- I will paraphrase -- wait almost always means never. It's always the right time to try to do the right thing.

If you change the law that's one thing; the courts adjudicate the constitutionality of that law. But if you change the constitution, what role does the court have now in terms of adjudicating whether or not that's constitutional?

Well, I mean, the question in front of the court now and the question that they're willing to adjudicate is the validity of Proposition 8.

Should we go in front of the voters every time there is an adjudication in the courts that we don't like and submit the rights of minorities to the whims of the majority, based upon the morality of the day?

I'm just proud that he's our president and hopefully one day, he'll come around to our point of view.

The question really is this, Anderson: whether or not it's an amendment to the constitution in the state of California or it's a revision.

I understand it's a tough issue. I have very strong convictions about this. They're not shared by the majority of the elected officials in Washington, D.C.

As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation. It's inevitable. This door is wide open now. It's going to happen. Whether you like it or not, this is the future and it's now.