Talk about mixed feelings. I’m delighted by the California Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage. It’s absolutely the right thing. The idea that a legal construct which confers specific rights should only grant those rights to people who are heterosexual…well, it’s just silly. No, more than that—it’s hateful.

At the same time, I’m bracing myself for right-wingers to take up the cudgel of gay marriage and make it an ugly and irrelevant issue in the upcoming election.

So…great decision, California. Couldn’t you have waited till December?