The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of marriage equality, and the four dissents—one from each of the justices who voted to continue discrimination—are a decent sign of what's to come from opponents of equality. Lots and lots of predictions that the world is coming to an end, everything is terrible, tears rage tears.
Oh, and a call to revolution from Mike Huckabee:
The Supreme Court has spoken with a very divided voice on something only the Supreme Being can do—redefine marriage. I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our Founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch. We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.
Unlike when Pope Francis is talking about climate change, Jeb! Bush is once again
all about religion, saying that "Guided by my faith, I believe in traditional marriage." Though Bush did his best not to sound overtly hateful, with a nod at "lov[ing] our neighbor and respect[ing] others," he closed with the big campaign to come: "It is now crucial that as a country we protect religious freedom and the right of conscience and also not discriminate." The not-discriminating Bush wants there is, of course, not the not-discriminating of marriage equality, but of allowing business owners to refuse to serve LGBT people.
Bush was not the only Republican whose mind immediately went to the right to discriminate:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said the decision “will pave the way for an all out assault against the religious freedom rights of Christians who disagree with this decision.”
“This ruling must not be used as pretext by Washington to erode our right to religious liberty,” he added.
Ben Carson, too, called for protections for those whose religion makes them want to discriminate.
And then there was Donald Trump, who has leaped up to second in national Republican primary polls. He took a break from his battle with Univision to tweet that "Once again the Bush appointed Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has let us down. Jeb pushed him hard! Remember!" Roberts, of course, dissented from the equality decision.