I suppose one benefit of having the same arguments over and over is that I can save keystrokes by copy 'n pasting.
I previously wrote:
Rhetoric about "Five people in black robes!!!" aside, this ruling came on the shoulders of circuit court decisions in favor in the Forth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth districts. And numerous rulings at the district and state level. It was only a 2-1 decision in the Sixth that over turned four additional pro-SSM rulings which finally bumped this to the Supreme Court (and because the ACLU decided to get it over with rather than seek an en banc ruling). It took years for it to hit the Supreme Court because they wouldn't grant certiorari until there was finally a split at the appellate level. The total number of Circuit Court of Appeals justices ruling on the cases was eleven finding a constitutional protection versus four dissenting. I won't even bother trying to count all the lower level judges ruling in favor. This wasn't "OMG Kennedy decided to make history" but a decision made agreeing with the great majority of other judges ruling on this, appointed by both parties and previously thought of as being just fine until they make a decision you don't agree with and then everyone flips their **** and starts hooting.
I've no idea what "will of the people" is supposed to be about unless it's specific to Kentucky. There's been
majority support for both SSM and for the SCotUS decision in this country.