[jwalsh07]

Should I take that to mean you couldn't think of any tangible effects this ruling will have?

You want tangible effects? Here's one:

We can radically contract government. There is no longer a need for legislatures, legislators or for that matter states and the citizens who vote in them.

We can save loads of money on government by having two branches of government. One would be the new Temple on the Mount, SCOTUS. The other would be a triumverate of libertarians, libertines and leftists.

Totalitarianism can be done on the cheap.

[NittanyLion]

I'm in agreement that SCOTUS oversteps its bounds quite often and did so in this case. But in a world of finite resources, I'd submit the GOP has more important things to do with its time and money than pursue amendments prohibiting same sex marriage.