It could well be an issue in the pres. campaign.
If the Court rules that the current marriage laws are constitutional, then the status quo will hold for now. If the Court overturns the marriage law in Calif, then that will be two states for the gay activists in trying to force this change through the courts.
For Calif. to have homosexual marriage, it will impact other states more than Mass. has. Mass. has a law that out of state people can’t get married there if the marriage wouldn’t be legal in their home state. But Calif. doesn’t have such a law. If the Calif. court votes to allow homosexual marriage, then presumeably all those marriages in San Francisco four years ago will be legal. People came from over 30 states to go to S.F. for a same sex wedding. If the Calif. court goes this route, it will trigger more lawsuits in up to 30 different states.
Stay tuned.
I'm no legal beagle, so I don't understand how the Court could retroactively legalize an action that was illegal at the time. I don't see why other states would have to recognize the decision of the state Court either.