[TBP]

I don't think the Supreme Court will legalize gay marriage directly. I think they will reject the argument that it's a Constitutional right under the equal protection clause.

But they'll probably legalize it through the back door, by saying that under the full faith and credit clause, every state must recognize gay marriages performed in other states.

So if it remain s illegal in your state, that's OK, but the gay couples will simply go to another state where it's been legalized and get married -- and then your state has to recognize them as married. Thus, de facto legalization throughout the country.

[Jeff Chandler]

Yep.

[Lurking Libertarian]

I don't think the Supreme Court will legalize gay marriage directly. I think they will reject the argument that it's a Constitutional right under the equal protection clause. But they'll probably legalize it through the back door, by saying that under the full faith and credit clause, every state must recognize gay marriages performed in other states. So if it remain s illegal in your state, that's OK, but the gay couples will simply go to another state where it's been legalized and get married -- and then your state has to recognize them as married. Thus, de facto legalization throughout the country.

Exactly what I've been predicting for months. And both votes will be 5-4, with Kennedy in the majority in both.