Issue: Did Supreme Court Put Final Nail in Same-Sex Marriage Debate?

By the slimmest of margins, the Defense of Marriage Act went down Wednesday. The U.S. Supreme Court said same-sex couples have the same rights to federal benefits that traditional married people have.

As the Los Angeles Times put it: “The ruling means that more than 100,000 gay and lesbian couples who are legally married will be able to take advantage of tax breaks, pension rights and other benefits that are available to other married couples.”

California’s Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in the state, also is considered dead in the water, thanks to a procedural ruling by the justices.

Discrimination won’t evaporate as a result of the ruling, but will American society finally come to terms with gay marriage?  Or will this be our generation’s Roe vs. Wade—with continued efforts to ban same-sex marriage on the state level? Share your thoughts in the comments.