Dahlia Lithwick analyzes the Gay Marriage decision. Just as a lay person, it seemed to me that the lawyer defending Proposition 8 put up an awfully feeble argument. Actually, I've long thought all arguments against letting gays marry were pretty feeble but the folks who put up the $$$ to defend 8 didn't even get their money's worth.
Lithwick explains why it was a sound decision but that really won't matter. The losing side in any such battle these days always think that every court decision that doesn't go their way has to be morally bankrupt, possibly crooked and certainly the work of an "activist judge." I remember when O.J. Simpson was acquitted there were folks who thought he was guilty but who said, "Given what was presented in court, I completely understand why the jury voted the way they did." That never happens when political issues are involved. Everyone thinks their view is so overwhelmingly just and valid that no one could possibly come to another view via honest means.