Yesterday’s decision has already had a concrete effect:

“In one of the first consequences of its landmark ruling on gay rights on Thursday, the Supreme Court today set aside the lengthy prison sentence imposed on a gay Kansas teenager for having had sex with a younger boy.”

If the man had had sex with a 14-year-old girl, he would have gotten probation, but because it was a 14-year-old boy, the guy was sentenced to 17 years in a correctional facility. The Supreme Court today basically said “I don’t think so,” and sent the case back down today “for further reconsideration in light of Lawrence v. Texas.”

Awesome.