I want to see swarms of same sex couples bombarding local government offices requesting marriage licenses from California to New Jersey, from Alaska to Florida and for all points in between. I want to see a nationwide day of celebration.

Not that I don't want to see it, but I think it's unrealistic given who is on the court right now. I think what will happen is the overturning of Measure 8 will stand and it will be legal in CA (which is a pretty big deal) and I think DOMA will be overturned. After that people in each state are going to have to lobby hard to change the state laws.

I hate to be a debbie downer, but I really think that's the best we can hope for.

Roe v. Wade was criticized on those grounds by none other than Justice Ginsberg just last week. The court is likely to throw out the CA Prop 8 decision for lack of standing (the state is not defending the case). In the DOMA case the court is likely to find the law unconstitutional and send the matter to the states. Each state could decide whether they recognize gay marriage or not.

It's going to be a state by state thing. The good news is the states where it is legal the matter will be resolved. States like Oregon (owch, unfortunately) need to lobby to repeal the crazy law that was passed 9 years ago. It's the one thing my state has been assbackwards on.

considering: "Almost six decades ago, the Supreme Court ruled in no uncertain terms that “the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place” in American law. The ruling solidified the notion that separate is inherently unequal, and that it is also unconstitutional in a country whose 14th Amendment declares unequivocally that “no state shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/25/how_to_stop_anti_gay_bigots/

Now, I don't think so.