Chief justice decries decision that does not ‘celebrate Constitution’ | TheHill.

“Indeed, however heartened proponents of same-sex marriage might be on this day, it is worth acknowledging what they have lost, and lost forever: the opportunity to win the true acceptance that comes from persuading their fellow citizens of the justice of their cause,” Chief Justice Roberts said in his dissent.

Wow – just think of all the opportunities we fans of civil rights have lost!

• Lawrence v. Texas denied gays and lesbians the opportunity to persuade their fellow citizens that it was OK for them to have sex in the privacy of their own homes.  Dang – that would have been both fun and enlightening!
• Romer v. Evans denied gays and lesbians the opportunity to persuade their fellow citizens to let them have the right to persuade their fellow citizens.
• Brown v. Board denied African-Americans the opportunity to persuade their fellow citizen that they were fellow citizens.
• Olmstead v. L.C. denied people with disabilities the opportunity to persuade their fellow citizens that they should be allowed to live in the community.
• City of Cleburne denied people with disabilities the opportunity to persuade their fellow citizens that the Constitution protected them in the first place.
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan denied the press the opportunity to persuade their fellow citizens of their freedom of speech.
• Estelle v. Gamble denied prisoners the opportunity to persuade their fellow citizens that they were entitled to some small modicum of medical care.

And so on.  You get the idea.

Dear Chief Justice Roberts:*  “RIGHTS” —

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*  Wow. That scans just like “Dread Pirate Roberts.”

[Updated: edited for grammar.  #wordnerd]