Reading the 6th circuit ruling is like following a playground discussion among toddlers (only not as articulate or sensible.) Did they write it in crayon? While smearing feces on the wall?

For better, for worse, or for more of the same, marriage has long been a social institution defined by relationships between men and women. So long defined, the tradition is measured in millennia, not centuries or decades. So widely shared, the tradition until recently had been adopted by all governments and major religions of the world…

(of course, that’s not necessarily true, but…)

Better in this instance, we think, to allow change through the customary political processes, in which the people, gay and straight alike, become the heroes of their own stories by meeting each other not as adversaries in a court system but as fellow citizens seeking to resolve a new social issue in a fair-minded way.

The dissent on the 6th Circuit ruling pretty much says it all:

The author of the majority opinion has drafted what would make an engrossing TED Talk or, possibly, an introductory lecture in Political Philosophy.