I'm disappointed that the SCOTUS ruled as they did on legalizing gay marriage, but predicted, weeks ago, they would rule this way for one very important reason. The Constitution is NOT a religious document. It is a "secular" document. The government is supposed to represent ALL LEGAL Americans, as gay/lesbians are Americans thus I wasn't surprised by their ruling.

On the other hand, as those of us who are religious [I'm a LCMS Lutheran Christian] also are legal Americans, then our beliefs are also to be protected via the 1st Amendment, so no church should be hassled, sued, or threatened, etc, etc, for NOT doing gay/lesbians marriages, and should not be guilty of a hate crime for teaching what the Bible says about homosexuality, that the act of is sinful. Also churches should not be required to ordain gay/lesbians either. So if a church CHOOSES to marry/ordain gay/lesbians, that is their business and they should be protected by the same 1st Amendment that should protect the other churches who CHOOSE to NOT marry/ordain gay/lesbians. It has to work both ways.

Sadly, my guess is there will be those activists who will want to force the churches to marry/ordain gay/lesbians, so then the big question will be, will SCOTUS, Congress, and whomever the President is follow the Constitution to protect the religious freedom for ALL churches/temples/ mosques/ and other religious institutions of America or will it bow to Political Correctness.