Gays and lesbians have a national right to marry. If gays and lesbians have issues with state laws in the eight states at issue here, guess what, they can challenge those state laws and have them overturned if they violate the Constitution. They don’t need California’s help. If anything all California’s actions do is make state legislatures, governors and citizens in these eight states less likely to change their minds. Who wants to be told what to do in your state by people who don’t even live within your state’s borders? The truth is this  California’s law isn’t about changing anything, it’s about politicians scoring political points even if those points may be scored at the expense of their stated goals.
This new California law may well be unconstitutional when the courts actually examine it, but we don’t have to wait for a court ruling to know this  it’s indisputably dumb. Regardless of your political persuasion, California’s best collegiate athletes should be competing with the nation’s best athletes.
