No one was saying this is a positive development. What we were saying is that a. The SC ruling is nothing new, it's a symptom of society as a whole and they had no other way to rule and b. This isn't something worthy of us getting riled up over.
The statement that "they had no other way to rule" is patently false. Maybe it would be difficult to rule
against it, but they certainly could have ruled that it is the individual states' right to decide on the matter. By ruling in favor of it, they have made it the law of the land. They took marriage, which originates from RELIGION as a union between a male and a female, (a mother and a father that can produce children
biologically and naturally), and decided that it should also include male-male and female-female unions. To summarize, five Liberal-thinking judges have changed the definition of marriage forever.
As for your second statement, every Orthodox Jew should be shaken by this ruling. Getting "riled up" won't help you, but you should certainly be steadfastly opposed to this. Based on the teachings in the Torah, including the Talmud and the Medrash, this is not just a Jewish matter but a matter that affects society as a whole. Frankly, I am shocked and dismayed by how many Orthodox Jews have been cooled off to this whole matter by the Liberal bullying machine. Words like "discrimination", "oppression", "haters" and "bigots" have now taken precedence over matters that are איסור דאורייתא.
