Breaking: Supreme Court rules SSM a legal right

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http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf

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I'm going to go force a Christian cake baker to bake a cake in celebration of this decision!

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Scalia is a great wit.  But, he's wrong on the legal issues and he's an awful, disgusting bigot.

So based on Torie's analysis in the Constitution and Law thread, it seems like the ruling doesn't actually say every state has to start issuing licenses, just that every state has to recognize gay marriages performed in other states, which while practically the same thing is still not a blanket legalization. Or maybe I'm interpreting this wrong?

It legalizes same-sex marriage in every state AND every state also needs to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.  But, obviously, the later part is basically made irrelevant by the former.

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Strictly speaking, I saw only the repudiation of the decision of the Sixth Circuit Court; only states within that district (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee)  are mentioned.

That's because this was a decision by a court.  Court decisions directly address the parties who are in the legal case.  But, the legal precedent applies to the entire country.