Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal In All 50 States
HARLOW: Donald Trump has been on a roll since jumping into the presidential race. Take a look at this new CNN/WMUR poll from New Hampshire. Trump holding to a strong second to Jeb Bush in that poll, 11 percent to 16 percent for Bush. Also, take a look at this FOX News on the other side, what it show. He's only 18 percent of registered voters think Trump is a serious candidate. Donald Trump will be our Jake Tapper's guests on "STATE OF THE UNION". That is 9:00 a.m. Eastern tomorrow morning. Well, the political response to yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage has been quick from both sides. At the White House, President Obama remarked about the speed of change we've seen in this country, from the first same sex marriage bans to this decision. But the timeline also included a personal change for this president.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: At a certain point, I just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think that same-sex couples should be able to get married.</s>HARLOW: Do you remember that moment, an interview with Robin Roberts on "Good Morning America" back in 2012 the first time we heard the president vocally support same-sex marriage, and then, of course, we heard his reaction yesterday after the high court handed down its ruling. Let's go straight to White House correspondent Sunlen Serfaty. She has more on the political reaction on both sides.</s>SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Poppy, we have seen at several gatherings, some promising to push for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Here's Ted Cruz in Iowa today.</s>SEN. TED CRUZ (R), TEXAS: And for those who say that decision yesterday was the law of the land, it is fundamentally illegitimate. It is wrong. It is not law and it is not the Constitution.</s>SERFATY: But there are other Republicans like Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham who are against any sort of amendment to the Constitution, and they are bracing a much more inclusive tone. Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee was asked what he thought of the White House being lit up in gay pride rainbow colors last night and he took a swipe at President Obama for his evolution on this issue. In 2008, then-Senator Obama was against same-sex marriage. It wasn't until 2012 where he came out for it.</s>MIKE HUCKABEE (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If he so radically changed his view and now he believes that same-sex marriage is the best thing that could happen to this country, one of three things is true. He was either lying 2008, he is lying now, or God rewrote the bible and Barack Obama is the only one that not the new edition, and I don't think that's what happened.</s>SERFATY: Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton had her own evolution on the issue, and she called for Republicans to drop it as a talking point.</s>HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I am asking them, please, don't make the rights, the hopes of any American into a political football for this 2016 campaign. LBGT Americans should be free, not just to marry, but to live, learn and work just like everybody else.</s>SERFATY: The Democrats, of course, will continue using this ruling to try to rally their supporters. But for Republicans, it's more of a delicate dance. They are trying to remain appealing in the eyes of the conservative voters, but also mindful of the general election and needing to appeal to a broader group of voters, especially those younger voters, the majority of whom who are in support of same-sex marriage remain illegal -- Poppy.</s>HARLOW: Sunlen, thank you very much. Well, of course, the Supreme Court decision handed down yesterday goes beyond politics to the street of every community, the homes of Americans, the pulpits of our nation's churches, and that includes the Bridgeway Community Church in Columbia, Maryland. Earlier I had a chance to speak to the pastor and found you are of the church that does not agree with the decision but offered this to those that do.</s>DR. DAVID ANDERSON, FOUNDER/SR. PASTOR, BRIDGEWAY COMMUNITY CHURCH: Congratulations to those who are celebrating something new and progressive for them. Of course, as a spiritual leader of a church, there's always differing opinions, right? So, when it comes to legality, that's different than morality.</s>HARLOW: So, let's talk about one of the things you wrote. You wrote in the wake of this decision, quote, "Love is the highest Christian value and all of us are called to it regardless of our politics."</s>ANDERSON: Absolutely.</s>HARLOW: What did you mean with that and do you agree with the decision?</s>ANDERSON: Well, love is the highest Christian value regardless of one's color, class, culture or even their gender, right? So we want to make sure that we stay at that level beyond the smaller disagreements that we might have. Even moral disagreements that we have or biblical disagreements we have, we still have to understand that you have to have grace and truth. But most of all, the number one value is love. So how do we love people who may have a different opinion or different view of our morality? You've got to start with the way Jesus did it. And that is he serves them, he loves them, and he opens his arms to everyone.</s>HARLOW: Will you be marrying gay couples?</s>ANDERSON: Now, that I won't do because that violates my convictions of the Scriptures. So, I live in Maryland, right? My church is in Maryland, Bridgeway Community Church. So, I met with Governor O'Malley before it went legal in Maryland. I said, just make sure that I'm protected and that religious freedoms are protected, and he did. So, I'm OK with that.</s>HARLOW: Yes, I'm interested in whether - we are hearing from some who really oppose this vehemently. So many support it too. But some that oppose it are pushing for really the only thing that could potentially change this state-by-state which is a constitutional amendment to put the power back in the state's hands. Are you someone who wants to see that or are you saying, "Look, this is the law of the land. Now, I may not agree with it but I'm not going to push to change the constitution."</s>ANDERSON: Because there's a difference between legality and morality, I would not say, "You know what? Let's legislate morality." Listen. It's the law - it's the law of the land. Guess what? You used to have to kill people because of adultery or because of other moral behaviors that you didn't agree with. We don't do that today. And so, my goal is not to stop anyone who disagrees with my biblical views to not be able to enjoy the life that they want to live in a secular country. This is not a - this is not a Christian nation. It's a secular nation, right? And so, people who are atheists, people who are from different religions or people who are of my same faith - a Christian - but they don't even believe the same thing I believe - guess what? They should be able to live freely just like me. That's what makes America beautiful, right?</s>HARLOW: That was Pastor David Anderson. Thanks to him for joining us. The Pastor at Bridgeway Community Church in Columbia, Maryland. Well, coming up next, he has been in the wilderness on the run in upstate New York for 22 days. David Sweat trying to evade police, desperate now. But how long can he keep this up? Next, we're going to talk to a survivalist about what it really takes to survive in thick wilderness.