It's always iffy and unfortunate when basic civil rights are put to popular vote. For that matter, it's ridiculous that courts have to weigh in at all in what is basically a contract agreed upon by two consenting adults. I'm glad this went the way it did, but if we had voted on interracial marriage here in the States fifty years ago, it would likely still be illegal. There are far too many cases throughout history where majority rule has been a bad thing. Think Reagan, Bushes, Nixon, etc.