It sounds like all the court said was that in States that recognized gay marriage, those federal benefits must apply to those individuals. Apparently it did not say that other states were required to recognize the union.
CORRECT.
Thank you PD.
I just listened to Andrew Napalatano on Fox and he says essentially what you say.
For now. This was the case before them, but this now opens up equal protection to anyone who moves states. I was legally married in Michigan, have lived in CA, NC and TX all those states recognized my marriage in MI.
I’m sure the suits are already being written to force states to recognize gay marriages performed legally in other states. This is the first of the clear two punch combo that will give us national gay marriage. The only solution now is a constitutional amendment.
But it changes the definition by default because those states must accept gay marriages (state) and give them benefits (federal) which indirectly changes the definition of marriage...actually by default.