Discussion for article #224347
Any shout-outs to Scalia in the opinion?
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About time! Now we can finally force all those wannabe polygamists to have gay marriages.
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Indiana and Utah on the same day?
Nice.
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This is a big deal—having this ruling at the appellate level makes this one of the most important legal decisions on marriage equality.
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Woo-Hoo!
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Already posted some lyrics on the Indiana story, so I’ll just say that Bob Dylan is smirking right now. 
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Only three of the justices involved. Litigants can still go back and request the full panel affirm or reject. We’re not close yet.
Any bets as to when the last bastion against marriage equality will fall? I’m think within three years.
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The next time it comes back to SCOTUS, it’s over. Kennedy will make it 5-4, and Roberts may join in as well so he can write the opinion and take the credit.
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Only downside is I don’t think any other states under their jurisdiction have any related cases pending. It would be nice for this to be a two-fer.
I wanted a traditional marriage, just like the Bible says is completely normal and blessed of Gawd.
But when I tried to buy my neighbor’s teenage daughter to be my concubine, let’s say Mrs. Snarkus was a little bit irate.
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Roberts is a corporate tool and a sycophant for the 1%, but he’s cagey as well. He wants his legacy to look good, and throwing a few social bones while leaving corporate sovereignty intact, is a good way to do it.
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Exactly what I was thinking, good sir.
So, perhaps next year then?
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Probably, maybe even a little less.
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Nailed it. Roberts is a drone who does what he’s told… most of the time. He’s also discovered Kennedy’s trick of being liberal on the occasional social issue lets you be a complete tool the rest of the time.
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I personally cannot wait to see Scalia trying to argue against his own writings, laid out over and over again in dozens of lower rulings on this.
Seeing him attack himself to try and overturn equality will be epic.
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Roberts is a Corporate tool/fool but most large companies actually support marriage equality. I work for a F 500 firm in Indiana and we have lobbied several times to kill legislation that sought to add a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. We have long had policies that extend all benefits to SS couples as do most other large firms in Indiana. I think we fail to realize the impact that C suites have had on the successes we have seen for marriage equality.
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Serious question. Since the Supremes made clear in Windsor that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment applies in these cases, the federal courts have consistently ruled in favor of marriage equality. If this continues and there is unanimity at the district and circuit levels, will the Supremes even take this up again?