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Well boo.
It does mean that when there is another case against one of the other laws that ban SSM it will probably be a Loving type case, because of the DOMA case. Since it was such a broad ruling.
yeah, not the worst possible decision, but this punt is somewhat incompatible with the other ruling. gays are warranted equal protection under the law, but states can still decide to deny essential civil rights via another channel? does not compute.
what will result is more states putting anti-gay language into their constitutions. then in five years, there will be a more complete decision overruling the denial of civil rights to gays in these states. what's sad is that they could have just done that today; they just delayed the inevitable.