HOW YOU DO IT. 
>> I SAW YOU THE OTHER DAY 
SAYING THAT ANYONE WHO ATTACKS 
THE LGBT COMMUNITY, OUR LGBT 
COMMUNITY YOU SAID WILL BE GONE 
AFTER TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE 
LAW. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> I TALKED TO PEOPLE HERE NOT 
FANS OF YOURS AND SAID THAT THEY
THOUGHT YOU WERE BEING A 
HYPOCRITE, THAT YOU FOR YEARS 
HAVE FOUGHT -- YOU BASICALLY 
GONE AFTER GAY PEOPLE, SAID THAT
IN COURT THAT GAY PEOPLE SIMPLY 
BY FIGHTING FOR MARRIAGE 
EQUALITY FOR TRYING TO DO HARM 
TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA.
TO INDUCE PUBLIC HARM, I BELIEVE
WAS THE TERM YOU USED IN COURT.
DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU'RE A 
CHAMPION OF THE GAY COMMUNITY?
>> LET ME TELL YOU.
WHEN I WAS SWORN IN AS ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, I PUT MY HAND ON THE 
BIBLE AND SWORN TO UPHOLD THE 
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF 
FLORIDA.
THAT'S NOT A LAW.
THAT WAS VOTED IN TO OUR STATE 
CONSTITUTION BY THE VOTERS OF 
FLORIDA.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS DEFENDING.
HAD NOTHING TO DO -- I'VE NEVER 
SAID I DON'T LIKE GAY PEOPLE. 
>> BUT YOU DID -- DO YOU WORRY 
ABOUT USING LANGUAGE ACCUSING 
GAY PEOPLE OF DOING HARM TO THE 
PEOPLE OF FLORIDA WHEN DOESN'T 
THAT SEND A MESSAGE TO PEOPLE 
WHO MIGHT HAVE BAD IDEAS IN 
MIND?
>> ANDERSON, I DON'T BELIEVE GAY
PEOPLE --
>> BUT YOU ARGUED THAT IN COURT.
>> MY LAWYER ARGUED A CASE 
DEFENDING WHAT THE SUPREME COURT
ALLOWED THE VOTERS TO PUT IN OUR
STATE CONSTITUTION. 
>> YOU WERE ARGUING THAT GAY 
MARRIAGE, IF THERE WAS GAY 
MARRIAGE, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, 
THAT WOULD DO HARM TO THE PEOPLE
OF FLORIDA.
FLORIDA SIGNED IT. 
>> IT WAS CONSTITUTIONAL TO PUT 
IT IN THE CONSTITUTION. 
>> ARE YOU SAYING YOU DID NOT 
BELIEVE IT WOULD DO HARM TO 
FLORIDA?
>> OF COURSE NOT, OF COURSE NOT.
GAY -- I NEVER SAID THAT.
THOSE WORDS NEVER CAME OUT OF MY
MOUTH. 
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ARGUING 
IN COURT. 
>> NO.
NO.
WHAT WE ARGUED WAS IT WAS IN THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF 
FLORIDA.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
A 12-YEAR-OLD COULD GET IT IF IT
PASSED.
WE TOOK THAT TO THE SUPREME 
COURT BECAUSE OF THAT LANGUAGE, 
HOLD ON.
IF THAT PASSED, I WOULD DEFEND 
THAT, AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S MY 
JOB TO DEFEND WHAT'S IN THE 
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF 
FLORIDA.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. 
>> THE HOTLINE THAT YOU'VE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT ON TELEVISION 
WHICH ALLOWS FAMILY MEMBERS AND 
SPOUSES OF THE DEAD TO GET 
INFORMATION, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT, APPRECIATE YOU 
TALKING ABOUT ON THE AIR, HAD 
THERE BEEN NO GAY MARRIAGE, NO 
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, YOU DO 
REALIZE THAT SPOUSES, THERE 
WOULD BE NO SPOUSES, THAT 
BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS OF 
THE DEAD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO 
GET INFORMATION AND WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO VISIT IN THE HOSPITAL 
HERE.
ISN'T THERE A SICK IRONY IN 
THAT?
>> LET ME TAKE IT A STEP 
FURTHER.
PEOPLE AREN'T RIGHT NOW WHO ARE 
PARTNERS AND AREN'T MARRIED 
OFFICIALLY AREN'T ABLE TO GET 
INFORMATION SO WE'RE TRYING TO 
ASSIST THEM IN GETTING 
INFORMATION.
BECAUSE EARLY ON --
>> ISN'T THERE A SICK IRONY YOU 
FOR YEARS WERE FIGHTING THAT 
VERY IDEA?
>> I WAS DEFENDING THE 
CONSTITUTION OF WHAT OVER 69% OF
THE VOTERS PUT IN THE 
CONSTITUTION.
>> BUT THE COURTS, THE FEDERAL 
COURTS SAID THAT'S NOT THE 
CONSTITUTION AND YOU CONTINUED 
TO FIGHT IT. 
>> NO.
THAT'S WHY WE RUSHED TO GET IT 
TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT 
BECAUSE WE NEEDED --
>> THERE WAS A FEDERAL JUDGE AND
YOU CONTINUED TO FIGHT IT AFTER 
THE FEDERAL JUDGE RULED AND 
SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 
DOLLARS FIGHTING IT. 
>> WE RUSHED TO GET IT TO THE 
SUPREME COURT.
YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT?
HUMAN BEINGS.
TODAY'S ABOUT VICTIMS. 
>> IT IS ABOUT GAY AND LBZ 
VICTIMS. 
>> IT IS.
LGBT VICTIMS. 
>> IS IT HYPOCRITICAL TO PORTRAY
YOURSELF AS A CHAMPION OF THE 
GAY COMMUNITY WHEN -- I'M JUST 
REFLECTING WHAT GAY PEOPLE TOLD 
ME THEY DON'T SEE YOU AS THIS. 
>> I I DON'T PORTRAY MYSELF AS 
ANYTHING BUT TRYING TO HELP 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES
AND WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO 
AREN'T GETTINGING THE SERVICES 
THEY NEED.
THIS PRNING, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE 
BEEN DOING?
TRYING TO FIGHT WITH A FUNERAL 
HOME FOR OVERCHARGING FAMILY 
