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CNBC/Dow Jones - Business Video February 4, 2004 Wednesday

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SHOW: THE NEWS ON CNBC (20:00)

February 4, 2004 Wednesday

HEADLINE: THE NEWS ON CNBC for February 4, 2004, CNBC

GUESTS: Gary Locke, Leon Panetta, Michael Musto, Genevieve Wood, Michael Levine, Marilyn Musgrave, Barney Frank, John Q. Kelly

BYLINE: John Seigenthaler, John Seigenthaler, Pete Williams, Donna Gregory, Anne Thompson,

BODY: JOHN SEIGENTHALER, ANCHOR: Good evening, everyone. I'm John Seigenthaler. Here's a look at some of the stories on our radar tonight.

Setting a date. Could gay couples start planning for a spring wedding? The Massachusetts Supreme Court says civil unions aren't enough. Gays must be allowed to marry. Could other states be far behind? We'll hear from both sides tonight.

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REP. MARILYN MUSGRAVE (D), COLORADO: Thank you.

SEIGENTHALER: Representative Musgrave, let me start with you. Why was this constitutional amendment important to you?

MUSGRAVE: Well, it was very apparent that the threat to marriage was on. And boy, it's getting a full-court press now with what's happening in Massachusetts. The arrogance of these unelected judges is just astounding, and now the judges in Massachusetts have said to the state legislature, The only thing you can do is act on gay marriage.

Just amazing. I hope the governor there will call a special session, but I believe that ultimately the way this court-Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, has been ruling that they will overthrow doma (ph).

And I think that's why the federal marriage amendment is needed to protect the definition of marriage in this country as a union between a man and a woman, what its been for many, many years, supported by people of different political party affiliations. People all across the political spectrum support this traditional definition.

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SEIGENTHALER: Representative Frank, Representative Musgrave, we'll have to leave it there. Thanks very much.

MUSGRAVE: Thank you.

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