MARRIAGE EQUALITY NATIONWIDE

[Cato]

But pray tell.  What is your understanding of why the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage?  I hope you do not state something utterly stupid like the government does not have the right to discriminate (as it can, must, and does under various levels of scrutiny).  Or some foolish notion of universal equality without consideration of quality (since we are treating some equal while still not treating others).

Why the game? Below is a link to the opinion. Here is the last paragraph of the majority opinion.

No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14p...6_3204.pdf

The court found that the laws in question violated the 14th amendment. You can disagree with it and argue the merits of it until you're blue in the face; but that's the court's opinion in a nutshell.