Glen Lavy

The fallout continues from the ruling on May 15 by the California Supreme Court saying the state constitution protected everyone's fundamental "right to marry." The reaction? California politics, not surprisingly, became national. So did the coverage.

Much of the coverage since the California Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting same-sex marriage was unconstitutional has been focused on the impact the ruling might have on the nation's electoral politics, not to mention Gavin Newsom's gubernatorial prospects. The Wall Street Journal was perhaps clearest the day after the ruling in "Gay Marriage Returns."