LL please correct me if I am wrong: Prop 8 is struck down by the decision of the U.S. District Court even though the CA Supreme Court upheld DOMA. This is because the State of CA was still defending Prop 8 when it was appealed to the U.S. District Court (Judge Walker.) SCOTUS ruled that when CA refused to further defend Prop 8 and the petitioners appealed to the 9th Circuit on behalf of the voters of CA, they did not have standing to do so. So Judge Walker’s decision overturning Prop 8 stands. Same-sex marriage is legal in CA.That's how I read it, with two caveats:
(1) the anti-gay marriage folks can go back to the district court and try to get it to vacate its decision on similar grounds; the judge who ruled against Prop. 8 has now retired, so that argument will go to another judge.
(2) If that fails, same-sex marriage will be legal in California but without setting any precedent for any other state.