brings us that much closer to true equality. in the decision striking as unconstitutional the so-called doma or defense of marriage case, the united states supreme court held that there was no purpose for depriving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry the person they love. there was no legitimate justification for that. as justice scalia noted, that holding, that principle guarantees the right of every individual in every state to marriage equality. in the california case the supreme court held that the proponents of proposition 8 did not have standing. what that means is that in that case the supreme court could not