Article IV, Section 4, guarantees republican government to the states. Numerous states properly amended their constitutions to define marriage as between man and woman. I'd guess these states comprise well over 200 million Americans.
For unelected, untouchable blackrobes to so easily slough off the will of so many Americans as nothing more than prejudiced assaults on defenseless homos is an incredibly serious matter.
In essence, the cumulative effect of these court decisions constitute repeal of free, republican state government.
It is a reminded that NOTHING is beyond the reach of our masters in Rome-on-the-Potomac.
But hey, just we'll just keep voting every two years and expect change.
Reminded -> reminder
The Constitution is a dead letter; window dressing kept around for the sake of tradition and appearances as was the Roman Senate in the Imperial era. As a practical matter, the federal government has grown so large and so pervasive into every facet of American life that it no longer recognizes any restraint in its power over the states or the people. There is no bigger gorilla to act as a check on that power.
It has also become so large and massive that it has in effect fragmented into a feudal-like collection of independent political power units. None of those bureaucratic entities recognize any checks and balances on their power as against each other. They certainly have no accountability to anyone, not even Congress. It has also not escaped my notice that every one of those units, like feudal duchies, has its own army.