“The Supreme Court in Lawrence did far more than strike down an extreme and discriminatory Texas law that forbade sodomy by homosexuals but not heterosexuals. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinion for the court also overruled Bowers v. Hardwick, a 1986 opinion holding that moral disapproval was a legitimate reason for states to regulate intimate behavior. By ruling out moral disapproval as a permissible basis for legislation, Kennedy, in the eyes of liberal activists and social conservatives alike, made it more likely that lower courts will come to recognize a constitutional right to gay marriage. If this happens — the Massachusetts Supreme Court may have already ruled on the question of gay marriage by the time this article appears — conservative activists hope and expect that many Americans will finally be roused to take political action.” New York Times Magazine Now there’s a war I’d love to see ignited…