In the Seattle Times, Danny Westneat says no-thanks to the Supreme Court’s attempt to help him raise his kids by banning homosexual marriage:

The ruling blithely sanctions discrimination and is oblivious to the complexities of modern families. It’s also absurd — frightening even — if carried to its logical ends.

Gays and lesbians can’t have what I have because they can’t procreate, the court said.

It’s the state’s business to further procreation because it’s “essential to survival of the human race.” So it’s OK to bar homosexuals from marriage because they can’t have kids.

First off, we humans breed just fine without government oversight, thanks very much.

But the notion that marriage and procreation are necessarily linked is truly archaic. No doubt it comes as news to lesbian mothers who have given birth. And it will surely be a shock to all you marrieds who are infertile or who — gasp! — choose not to have kids.

What’s next? Mandatory pre-wedding fertility tests?

Also in the Times, David Postman has the analysis on our splintered Supreme Court.

“The culture on my court is everyone expresses themselves and it’s not principled to compromise,” Justice Tom Chambers, who voted to overturn the gay-marriage ban and wrote his own dissent, said in an interview.

“The outcome and the law should be clear and predictable, and when you have these fractured opinions, it’s not that way,” he said.

The P-I has a good look forward:

“It’s kind of the nail in the coffin for the litigation strategy, which for the last 30 years has been the only strategy,” said Rauch, author of the book “Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America.”

“While that might be somewhat demoralizing in the short run, I think it’s reinvigorating in the long run. It gets us to stage two, which is taking our case to the political bodies — the legislatures and the people.”

And also in the P-I, Chris McGann sees the decision as good for Democrats:

The state Supreme Court ruling upholding Washington’s ban on same-sex marriages comes as a crushing blow to the gay community, but it’s a best-case scenario for Democrats hoping to broaden their majority in the Legislature this fall.

And finally, in TIME Magazine, this guy takes a short stab at what the Washington State decision means for the national gay rights movement.