OH MY GOD LET'S LIGHT SOME STRAIGHT MARRIAGES ON FIRE!
— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) June 26, 2013
"DOMA unconstitutional as a matter of equal protection," Pete Williams at NBC reports. "This is a very broad ruling." It's also a 5-4 ruling, which was expected, with Justice Kennedy writing the decision for the majority. The PDF of the decision is here.
UPDATE: There's a reference to the Prop 8 decision in one of the dissents in the DOMA decision. And...
Dissent in DOMA says the Prop 8 ruling will be no standing.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 26, 2013
This means—I believe—that same-sex marriage can resume in California, as lower court decisions striking down Prop 8 would take effect.
UPDATE 2: The president tweets his reaction from Air Force 1:
Today's DOMA ruling is a historic step forward for #MarriageEquality. #LoveIsLove
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 26, 2013
UPDATE 3: It's official: Supreme Court punts on Prop 8, rules that the opponents didn't have standing. Same-sex marriages can resume in California.