Today’s Court Ruling, Though Expected, is Still Shocking — Especially for Those Who Grew Up LGBT in the U.S.

By a 5-4 majority, the U.S.Supreme Court ruled today that laws denying same-sexcouplesthe right tomarryviolate the “due process” and “equal protection” guaranteesof the Fourteenth Amendment tothe Constitution. With or without the court ruling, full-scale marriage equality was an inevitability thanks to rapid trans-ideological generational change in how this issue was perceived; today’s decision simply accelerated the outcome.

All the legal debates over the ruling are predictable and banal. Mo...