It certainly didn't take long for the jolt of joy and tears from seeing the SCOTUS marriage for all ruling on the Internet to be replaced, or displaced, by the doomsayers. "The rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me," as Kermit sang it, disappeared, or at least faded fairly quickly. From the Right (at least they think they are) ...apocalypse, end times, secession, rapture (the being transported kind). I am overjoyed for TNT (in case they'd not want their names used) my step daughter and her spouse who are legally married because they live in a state that permits LGBT marriage. But they started, this very day, their journey to a state where their marriage until today would not have been legal. Despite the happiness and rainbows, we, and I'm sure they, feel relieved yet still worried. You see, the Supreme Court acted supremely, that is, in conservatives' minds, despotically, ignoring the will of the millions of people of 30 states who oppose equal marriage (never mind the equally large numbers who support it, nationally, and internationally). I'd guess other nations that have approved marriage equality--the UK, Canada, Ireland and more--are wondering what the fuss is about here. More below the fold.
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