Really more of a big deal to those who burn calories thinking of unconstitutional and false reasons to deny rights and legal standing to others who live different (different!) lives of sexual expression. A solid moral, legal, and constitutional decision that really isn't shocking at all- if you have eyes, ears, an education and a sense of history this case was a slam-dunk. So what's the 'real' story? Homophobic backlash. Queers want legal status- sorry rednecks, your secular Constitution (the one that doesn't metion God and was written during the secular Age of Reason by men who wanted to leave a theocracy) leaves no wiggle room to deny said rights. There is no story here- except how hard people will take the medicine that remedies the often uncomfortable scenario of truly living in a society that grants legal rights to citizens and couples in a consistent fashion.
