State registrar makes marriage license application gender-neutral

[TexasTowelie]

As some people got married Friday, following the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage, they had to alter their marriage license applications by hand.

Later in the day, the State Registrar made it easier.

The department announced Friday evening it had revised the application for a marriage license and the declaration and registration of informal marriage, effective immediately.

The application are now gender neutral and simply list “applicant one” and “applicant two”.

Read more and see the forms: http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/state-registrar-makes-marriage-license-application-gender-neutral.html/

[longship]

1. Justice Kennedy and the SCOTUS liberals tipped over the first domino.

...today which will form a cascade that will take down all the deniers.

All the dominoes against marriage equality will fall quickly.

And BTW, fuck you Tony.

[BlueStreak]

2. In the news coverage, I haven't seen any cogent analysis of what happens next

It appears that most of the states recognize that this is the end and they have to start allowing equal rights immediately. But I imagine there could be some places where people try to stall or where there are statutes that will have to be struck down by the state supreme courts.

Is there somebody with a legal background who can explain this process. Does the SCOTUS ruling automatically strike down all marriage restriction laws, or will each of them theoretically have to go back to court where a judge will rule them unconstitutional per the SCOTUS ruling?