 Here's how the new gay marriage bill doesn't really guarantee gay marriage. First off, the last few seasons of the Supreme Court have had a lot of cash changes, which makes a lot of people scared that they might go, hmm, never mind, and un-guarantee the right for gays to get married just like they un-guaranteed the right for pregnant people to get abortions. In comes Congress, who is like, gonna give the gays everything they want. We're gonna pass a law that saves gay marriage, even if the Supreme Court decides to put their thing down, flip it, and reverse themselves. But here's the thing, the proposed law from Congress doesn't actually force any state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, just treat any gay marriage as equal to straight marriages, meaning that Oklahoma might have to recognize your same-sex marriage from California, but could say, nope, you can't get married here to gay couples in their own state. 34 states still have gay marriage bans on the books, so even if this bill becomes law, if the Supreme Court changes their mind, a same-sex couple from Florida might have to go all the way to Illinois to get a marriage license, which sounds a lot less like gay rights and a lot more like states' rights.