So: "The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday it will tackle the issue of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, or whether states are allowed to ban gay marriage." I don't know what they're going to do so I'll settle for pointing out that lately, "experts" who've predicted how the Supreme Court will rule on important issues have had a pretty bad track record for accurate predictions.
Also, I'll predict that whatever side loses this decision will immediately announce, as if it's as certain as the tide going out, a Constitutional Amendment that will overturn that decision. And then that amendment will never get to first base.
I wonder: If states were allowed to ban gay marriage, how many of the 36 that currently allow it would. I'll bet it would be less than its opponents think, especially if those states were still required to recognize existing gay marriages and new ones performed in states where it remained legal.
In other news: "The year 2014 ranks as Earth's warmest since 1880, according to two separate analyses by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists." Somewhere out there, there's a guy who teaches Science at some middle school who'll say, "That's not possible. I distinctly remember buying a new Winter coat last November because it was so cold." And a certain number of folks out there will look at those two statements, decide they somehow cancel each other out and say, "The science on this is not settled."
[NOTE: I revised this post at 3:23 PM to clarify some clumsy verbiage.]