That happened fast. Kennedy used equal protection in his reasoning. Only a matter of time before every court in the nation parrots the DOMA ruling and states without gay marriage are forced to bend the knee. After all, if homosexuals in states WITH gay marriage were denied equal protection, what of the plight of those in states without gay marriage? Isn’t it worst?
The DOMA ruling is a cancer that will spread.
Yup.
We’re going to see a sweeping ruling within a few years, I’ll bet. The homosexualists will attack from every state they can, portraying the current status quo as an irreparable mess that needs a clean resolution from the court.
“This legal patchwork mess is hurting our children, and it must be resolved so that this needless damage to our children is ended!” is what they will claim, knowing that Justice Kennedy will grab-onto that line of argument with no hesitation. Kennedy has already practically hand-delivered an embroidered invitation to the homosexualists to pursue this line of argument. We all know the outcome.
City clerks in the constitutional states will resist, except for probably in urban centers (New Orleans, Atlanta, Austin, etc), and the media will portray these brave folks as backwards, unconstitutional, redneck bigots. In contrast, we’ll be shown festive scenes of fags dancing in the streets, kissing, flaunting, crying, etc.
The fuse is lit. I don’t know how to stop the whole thing from blowing up.