Good news today from the US Court of Appeals: BREAKING: Two Republican Judges Declare DOMA Unconstitutional.

A three judge panel of The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit just handed down a decision declaring the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. Notably, the panel included Judges Juan Torruella and Michael Boudin, both of whom are Republican appointees. Judge Boudin, who authored the opinion, is one of the most highly regarded judges in the country; he frequently sends his former law clerks to clerk for Supreme Court justices.

This ensures that the Supreme Court will now have to consider the legality of the religious right’s last ditch attempt to enshrine bigotry as law.