Nonetheless, this is seen as a victory by those who support legalizing gay marriage. Super confusing. Why are they happy the court did not take the case they wanted them to take . What they want is the court to come down and say on the National Level we will have gay marriage everywhere. There will be a national ruin of that kind. This is the next best wing. They have said in the five districts or states covered it will go on the books in those states. The way the courts work, it expands it to 11 states. Now 30 states, plus the district of columbia, gay marriage will be legal. It is not everyone but still a big ground game victory. The biggest thing we learned is you have four liberal justices. Justice kennedy is now clearly with the liberal justices. Theyre confident someday there will be a vote any big case and there will be much broadening of these rights. They can be happy about that. It is hard to imagine when there is another challenge, given what theyve done today and allowed th