I have a few friends who were celebrating the decision. These are Frum people, who are shomer Shabbos! They said we have no right to impose our beliefs on others. Here is what I told them:
Judaism is unlike other religions because we don’t believe that everyone must follow the same laws as us. The mitzvos are for Jews. Non Jews have 7 commandments. This issue, of marriage for gays, happens to be one of the 7. We, as Jews, have to be an Or laGoyim. Now, we need to figure out how to do that. Standing outside a rally holding signs protesting will never bring them around to the proper path. I don’t know the proper way. But there is one thing I do know. Western values are very nice – as long as they don’t go against halachah. When they do, we must put halachah first. In this issue, I don’t know how to encourage others to follow the right path. But we definitely shouldn’t be celebrating the wrong path! And as far as what right do we have to try and stop others? Never mind a right, we have an obligation! To be an Or laGoyim is to try and get them on the path the Torah sets, not the path of Western values!