Quote from dgabriel:
It's called a remedy to address laws that the court found to be unconstitutional (in this case state constitution).
So theyhad a marriage law for 200 years and a state constitution for 250 years and suddenly 4 judges out of 7 discover that it's been unconstitutional all these years and no one knew. This decision is the biggest judicial joke since Roe v. Wade and anyone with any legal background knows it. It is judicial law-making, pure and simple, and yes, that is scary because you can alwys vote out a legislature that makes silly laws but you can't with 4 nutcase, powermad judges.