Bloomberg View: A Modest Step Forward for Gay Marriage
The Supreme Court’s opinions reveal why the debate is far from over
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It didn’t take long for the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision affirming same-sex marriage to be dismissed as “legalistic argle-bargle.” It took Justice Antonin Scalia only 22 pages, in fact.
The court’s 5-4 decision in the case striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, reduced Scalia to fits of italicized rage. His remarkable dissent both illuminates some of the flaws in the court’s decision and shows how the debate over same-sex marriage is far from over.