i'm not a lawyer but the language that the court used seems very reminiscent of brown v. board of education, specifically:

that gay individuals and same-sex couples are in some respects "second-class citizens" who may, under the law, be treated differently from, and less favorably than, heterosexual individuals or opposite-sex couples

this is another way of phrasing: separate is inherently unequal, no?  & doesn't this then essentially align the struggle for marriage equality with the civil rights movement?

imo, it is, of course, & i might be reading too much into the language because i already think this.  but it seems like the court is framing this decision in such a way that the scotus, when this is appealed, would have tie themselves up into knots to refute.
s.