How did they LOSE? They got prop 8 over turned and DOMA over turned?
States still get to decide what constitutes a marriage, and a queer “marriage” in California will not be recognized in states that do not allow queer “marriage”. This is not a great victory for the sodomites. Something else might come out today. Maybe there is more to the decision, but so far states states decide who can get married, not Washington, DC.